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antihistamine and decongestant combination drugs, treat the nasal congestion, stuffy nose, sneezing, runny nose caused by colds and hay fever, antihistamines work by preventing the effects, a substance, histamine, which is produced by the body, histamine can cause itching, sneezing, runny nose, watery eyes, antihistamines contained in these combinations are acrivastine, azatadine, brompheniramine, carbinoxamine, chlorpheniramine, clemastine, dexbrompheniramine, diphenhydramine, loratadine, pheniramine, phenyltoloxamine, promethazine, pyrilamine, triprolidine, the decongestants, phenylephrine, pseudoephedrine, produce a narrowing, blood vessels, this leads to clearing, nasal congestion, can also cause an increase in blood pressure in patients who have high blood pressure (Encyc), combinations are available only with a physician's prescription, others are available without a prescription, special instructions on the proper dose, the medicine for my medical condition, available, following dosage forms, oral, acrivastine and pseudoephedrine, capsules, azatadine and pseudoephedrine, extended-release tablets, brompheniramine and pseudoephedrine, extended-release capsules, oral solution, syrup, tablets, chewable tablets, carbinoxamine and pseudoephedrine, oral solution, syrup, tablets, extended-release tablets, cetirizine and pseudoephedrine, extended-release tablets, chlorpheniramine and phenylephrine, elixir, oral solution, oral suspension, syrup, tablets, extended-release tablets, chlorpheniramine, phenyltoloxamine, phenylephrine, extended-release capsules, tablets, extended-release tablets, chlorpheniramine and pseudoephedrine, capsules, extended-release capsules, oral solution, oral suspension, syrup, tablets, chewable tablets, extended-release tablets, chlorpheniramine, pyrilamine, phenylephrine, oral suspension, tablets, dexbrompheniramine and pseudoephedrine, tablets, extended-release tablets, diphenhydramine and pseudoephedrine, capsules, oral solution, tablets, loratadine and pseudoephedrine, extended-release tablets, pheniramine and phenylephrine, for oral solution, promethazine and phenylephrine, syrup, triprolidine and pseudoephedrine, syrup, tablets, before using this medicine, without a prescription, carefully read and follow any precautions on the label, for antihistamine and decongestant combinations, should be considered tell my doctor, allergic reaction to antihistamines, to amphetamine, dextroamphetamine, dexedrine, ephedrine, ephed ii, epinephrine, adrenalin, isoproterenol, isuprel, metaproterenol, alupent, methamphetamine, desoxyn, norepinephrine, levophed, phenylephrine, neo-synephrine, pseudoephedrine, sudafed, ppa, dexatrim, terbutaline, brethine, the occasional use, antihistamine and decongestant combinations is not likely to cause problems, fetus, newborn baby, when these medicines are used at higher doses and/or for a long time, the chance that problems might occur may increase, for the individual ingredients, combinations, apply, alcohol, combination medicines contain alcohol, alcohol during pregnancy, birth defects (Encyc), antihistamines, antihistamines, haven't been shown to cause problems in humans, phenylephrine, studies, birth defects (Encyc), haven't been done in either humans, animals with phenylephrine, promethazine, phenothiazines, promethazine, contained in some, combination medicines, phenergan-d, shown to cause jaundice and muscle tremors in a few newborn infants whose mothers received phenothiazines during pregnancy, the newborn baby, blood clotting problems if promethazine is taken by the mother within 2 weeks before delivery, pseudoephedrine, studies, birth defects (Encyc) with pseudoephedrine, in animal studies pseudoephedrine did not cause birth defects (Encyc), did cause a decrease in average weight, length, rate, bone formation, animal fetus when administered in high doses, when breast-feeding (Encyc), small amounts, antihistamines and decongestants pass into the breast milk, use is not recommended since the chances are greater, medicine to cause side effects, unusual excitement, irritability, nursing baby, antihistamines tend to decrease the secretions, the body, possible that the flow, breast milk, reduced in some patients, not known yet whether loratadine causes these same side effects, children very young children are usually more sensitive to the effects, increases in blood pressure, nightmares, unusual excitement, nervousness, restlessness, irritability, more likely to occur in children, before giving, combination medicines to a child, check the package label very carefully, too strong for use in children, are not certain whether a specific product can be given to a child, any questions about the amount to give, confusion, difficult and painful urination, dizziness (Encyc), drowsiness (Encyc), dryness, mouth, convulsions, seizures, elderly, usually more sensitive to the effects, nightmares, unusual excitement, nervousness, restlessness, irritability, more likely to occur in elderly patients, different medicines, an interaction might occur, change the dose, when you are taking antihistamines, health care professionals, alcohol, drowsiness (Encyc), worsened, anticholinergics, medicine for abdominal, stomach spasms, cramps, side effects, dryness, mouth, antihistamines, anticholinergics, central nervous system, cns, depressants, drowsiness (Encyc), cns depressants, antihistamines, worsened, digitalis glycosides, digoxin, may affect heartbeats, maprotiline, ludiomil, tricyclic antidepressants, amitriptyline, elavil, amoxapine, asendin, clomipramine, anafranil, desipramine, pertofrane, doxepin, sinequan, imipramine, tofranil, nortriptyline, aventyl, protriptyline, vivactil, trimipramine, surmontil, drowsiness (Encyc), cns depressants, antihistamines, worsened; also, taking these medicines together, their side effects, dryness, mouth, to become more severe, monoamine oxidase, mao, inhibitor activity, isocarboxazid, marplan, phenelzine, nardil, procarbazine, matulane, selegiline, eldepryl, tranylcypromine, parnate, are now taking, taken within the past 2 weeks, the mao inhibitors, the side effects, the antihistamines may become more severe; these medicines should not be used together, rauwolfia alkaloids, alseroxylon, rauwiloid, deserpidine, harmonyl, rauwolfia serpentina, raudixin, reserpine, serpasil, may increase, decrease the effect, the decongestant also, one, the combinations containing pseudoephedrine, also taking, amantadine, symmetrel, amphetamines, appetite suppressants, diet pills, except fenfluramine, pondimin, caffeine, nodoz, chlophedianol, ulone, medicine for asthma, other breathing problems, medicine for colds, sinus problems, hay fever, other allergies, nose drops, sprays, methylphenidate, ritalin, nabilone, cesamet, pemoline, cylert, using, together with an antihistamine and decongestant combination, excessive stimulant side effects, difficulty in sleeping, heart rate problems, nervousness, irritability, beta-adrenergic blocking agents, acebutolol, sectral, atenolol, tenormin, betaxolol, kerlone, bisoprolol, zebeta, carteolol, cartrol, labetalol, normodyne, metoprolol, lopressor, nadolol, corgard, oxprenolol, trasicor, penbutolol, levatol, pindolol, visken, propanolol, inderal, sotalol, sotacor, timolol, blocadren, using, together with an antihistamine and decongestant combination, high blood pressure and heart problems, unusually slow heartbeat, other medical problems, antihistamine and decongestant combinations, any other medical problems, diabetes mellitus, sugar diabetes, the decongestant in this medicine may put diabetic patients at a greater risk, having heart, blood vessel disease, enlarged prostate, urinary tract blockage, difficult urination (Encyc), the effects, antihistamines may make urinary problems worse, glaucoma, a slight increase in inner eye pressure may occur, heart, blood vessel disease, high blood pressure (Encyc), the decongestant in this medicine, the blood pressure to increase and may also speed up the heart rate, kidney disease (Encyc), higher blood levels, loratadine may result, which may increase the chance, side effects, the dosage, loratadine-containing combination may need, reduced, liver disease (Encyc), higher blood levels, loratadine may result, which may increase the chance, side effects, overactive thyroid, the overactive thyroid, a fast heart rate, the decongestant in this medicine, the heart rate to speed up further, urinary retention, condition, worsened with use, pseudoephedrine , take this medicine, directed, do not take it more often than recommended on the label, side effects, irritates my stomach, may take it with food, a glass, water, milk, lessen the irritation, for patients taking the extended-release capsule, tablet form, swallow it whole, do not crush, do not break, do not chew, before swallowing, the capsule is too large to swallow, may mix the contents, the capsule with applesauce, jelly, honey, syrup and swallow without chewing, dosing there is a large variety, antihistamine and decongestant combination products on the market, some products are for use in adults only, while others, used in children, antihistamines and decongestants will be different for different products, the number, capsules, tablets, teaspoonfuls, liquid, granules, take depends on the strengths, the medicines, the number, doses you take each day, the time between doses, taking a short-acting, long-acting form, antihistamine and decongestant, follow a physician's orders if this medicine was prescribed, follow the directions on the box, buying this medicine, without a prescription, missed dose, taking this medicine regularly and you miss a dose, almost time for my next dose, skip the missed dose, back to my regular dosing schedule, do not double doses, keep out of a child's reach, store away from heat and direct light, in other damp places, heat, moisture, the medicine to break down, keep the liquid form, from freezing, do not keep outdated medicine, medicine no longer needed, discarded medicine is out of a child's reach, precautions, know the side effects, before you have any skin tests for allergies, the test, affected by the antihistamine in this medicine, when taking antihistamines, contained in this combination medicine, a regular basis, taking large amounts, aspirin at the same time, as for arthritis, rheumatism, too much aspirin, ringing, ears, covered up by the antihistamine, the antihistamine in this medicine will add to the effects, alcohol and other cns depressants, medicines that slow down the nervous system, possibly causing drowsiness (Encyc), some examples, cns depressants are other antihistamines, medicine for hay fever, other allergies, colds; sedatives, tranquilizers, sleeping medicine; prescription pain medicine, narcotics; barbiturates; medicine for seizures; muscle relaxants, anesthetics, some dental anesthetics, check with a physician before taking, the antihistamine in this medicine, some people to become drowsy, dizzy, less alert than they are normally, some antihistamines are more likely to cause drowsiness than others, loratadine, rarely produces this effect, make sure you know how you react before you drive, dizzy, not alert, the decongestant in this medicine may add to the central nervous system, cns, stimulant and other effects, diet aids, medicines for diet, appetite control while taking this medicine unless you have checked with a physician, the decongestant in this medicine, nervous, restless, to have trouble in sleeping, trouble in sleeping, take the last dose, for each day a few hours before bedtime, antihistamines, dryness, the mouth, nose, throat, some antihistamines are more likely to cause dryness, the mouth than others, loratadine, rarely produces this effect, for temporary relief, use sugarless candy, gum, melt bits, ice, in my mouth, use a saliva substitute, mouth continues to feel dry for more than 2 weeks, check with my dentist, continuing dryness, the mouth may increase the chance, dental disease, tooth decay, gum disease, fungus infections (Encyc), for patients using promethazine-containing medicine, controls nausea and vomiting (Encyc), reason, can cover up the signs, overdose caused by other medicines, intestinal blockage, this will make it difficult for a physician to diagnose these conditions, other symptoms, stomach, lower abdominal pain (Encyc), cramping, soreness, think you, any medicine, side effects, along with its needed effects, some unwanted effects, serious side effects occur rarely when this medicine is taken as recommended, too much medicine is taken, taken in large doses, taken for a long period, time get emergency help immediately if, look for symptoms, overdose occur, clumsiness, unsteadiness, convulsions, seizures, drowsiness (Encyc), severe, dryness, mouth, nose, throat, severe, flushing, redness, face, hallucinations, seeing, hearing, feeling things that are not there, headache, continuing, shortness of breath, troubled breathing, slow, fast, irregular heartbeat (Encyc), trouble in sleeping, for promethazine only, muscle spasms, neck and back, restlessness, shuffling walk, tic-like, jerky, movements, head and face, trembling and shaking, hands, side effects occur, back, leg, stomach pain, sticky stools, bleeding gums, blood, cloudy, dark urine, sudden decrease in amount, urine, blood pressure increased, blurred vision (Encyc), chest pain (Encyc), confusion, diarrhea, dizziness (Encyc), faintness, lightheadedness when getting up from a lying, sitting position, fever, chills, light-colored stools, mood, mental changes, nosebleeds, sore throat and fever, skin rash (Encyc), hives, stillbirth, swollen mouth, throat, face, fingers, feet, glands, lower legs, sweating suddenly, tightness in chest, troubled breathing, twitching, twisting, uncontrolled repetitive movements, face, unusual bleeding, bruising, unusual tiredness (Encyc), weakness, vomiting, blood, weight gain suddenly, yellow, pale eyes, skin, side effects may go away during treatment, body adjusts to the medicine, check with my health care professional if, side effects continue, bothersome, more common--rare with loratadine-containing combination, drowsiness (Encyc), thickening, the bronchial secretions, less common--more common with high doses, blurred vision (Encyc), confusion, painful urination, dizziness (Encyc), dryness, mouth, nose, throat, headache, appetite, nightmares, pounding heartbeat, ringing, buzzing in ears, skin rash (Encyc), stomach upset, pain, more common with pyrilamine, unusual excitement, nervousness, restlessness, irritability, unusual sleepiness, weakness, drowsiness (Encyc), extreme tiredness, other side effects, brand names some commonly used brand names are, allerest maximum strength, allerphed, atrohist pediatric suspension dye free, benadryl allergy decongestant liquid medication, bromadrine tr, bromfed, bromfed-pd, bromfenex, bromfenex pd, chlordrine s.r, chlorfed a, chlor-trimeton 4 hour relief, chlor-trimeton 12 hour relief, chlor-trimeton allergy-d 12 hour, claritin-d 12 hour, comhist, cp oral, dallergy jr, deconamine, deconamine sr, deconomed sr, dexaphen sa, disobrom, disophrol chronotabs, drixomed, drixoral cold and allergy, ed a-hist, hayfebrol, histatab plus, iofed, iofed pd, kronofed-a jr, kronocaps, kronofed-a kronocaps, lodrane ld, lodrane liquid, mooredec, nalex-a, nd clear t.d, novafed a, pediacare cold formula, poly hist forte, promethazine vc, rescon, rescon-ed, rescon jr, respahist, rhinosyn, rhinosyn-pd, rinade b.i.d, rondamine, rondec, rondec chewable, rondec drops, rondec-tr, r-tannamine, r-tannamine pediatric, r-tannate, semprex-d, silafed, trinalin repetabs, triotann, triotann pediatric, triotann-s pediatric, tri-tannate, ultrabrom, ultrabrom pd, drixoral night, drixtab, neo citran a, vasofrinic,