allergies
 

Anyone take ClaritinD or a generic for allergies?

Can you take more than one? Does it help?

I took one and my eyes are still itchy and nose is runny. Actually been taking one a day for about 2 weeks now.

I take Clarinex around 1am and Clartin around 12pm.

My doctor told me since I have bad allergies you can take two (2) Claritin a day. But he didn't tell me the side effects

Are you taking 24hr or 12hr Claritin? If you take the 12hr, you can take it twice a day. Taking the 24hr Claritin more than once can cause drowsiness according to the package. I take the 12hr Claritin-D Allergy & Congestion...it's the good stuff...you have to get it from behind the pharmacy counter. It works pretty well for me.

It's actually a generic OTC of just 10mb of lortadine. It says only do one a day.... I just took another.

wow. That extra pill really helped. An hour after taking it I felt fine again. I don't feel the least bit drowsy. Probably with my height and size makes it ok.

I might start taking 2 on a regular basis now. Damn histimine.

i just suck it up like a man (all the snot running out of my nose that is...)

hmmm I thought I had allergies so I took a Benedryl, it didnt work so a couple hours later I took a Claritin, that didnt work so what did my dumb ass do? I took a Nyquil...It worked, in fact it knocked my ass out and I slept all damn day...Good news, taking Benedryl, Claritin and Nyquil within 6 hours doesnt kill you.

Nasal drops help alot with nose problems.
ClaritanD doesn't do shit for me. :(

How bad are your allergies? If they are really really bad (like nose is swollen, eyes continually itchy) then Claritin and OTC medications won't really help.

When my nose really gets going, taking a couple hits of Afrin does the trick every time.... only problem is sometimes it's too much. Dries out my nose so much it hurts.

But taking 2 of the lortadine 10mg's seemed to do it.... so I'll see how today goes, if it gets really bad again I'll pop in another and give it an hour.

If it works for you that's great :) Typically anti histamines work best if you take them before you get symptoms though.

I was in pretty bad shape about a week and a half ago...my eyes were itchy, watery, and swollen half shut...my nose was all clogged up...and the Claritin Allergy & Congestion (which contains 120mg psudeophedrine nasal decongestant and 10mg loratine for a 12hr dose) worked awesome. I take one in the morning before I go to work or play golf, and I'm fine all day. I might have a few eye itches here and there, but nothing major.

This winter I had a massive allergy to some indoor mold, and my nasal passages were all swollen. It was so bad that no antihistamine worked (because I already had a ton of histamine in my system) and so I ended up taking steroids to calm it down and reduce the swelling. And I had to clean my apartment from floor to ceiling :oh:

Straight up benadryl allergy works for me. $8 for 48 of em.

You shouldn't take Bendryl for longer than a few days. I did and I got an infection which is worse than allergies. plus it knocks me out for 8 hours.

I take 24 hour Claritin and my doctor said they have been doing studies of people taking two of them and are fine. But as I said ask your doctor first.

Really? Where was your infection?

my co-workers thought i was high when i walked in...my eyes were so irritated.

Yeah, those steroids are awesome from what I hear.