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Wednesday, January 12, 2011

Antihistamine - Allergy Medications

There are many over counter antihistamine medications,


First-generation antihistamines
Benadryl - diphenhydramine (),  - It works on the dogs too (1 lb = 1 mg, apply dosage per 8 hours)
brompheniramine (Dimetapp, Bromphen, Dimetane, Nasahist),
chlorpheniramine (Chlor-Trimeton),
clemastine (Allerhist, Tavist),

Second-generation antihistamine
Claritin -Loratadine ().  - Kirkland /Walmart Equate brands
Zyrtec -cetirizine (),


Zyrtec-D® (cetirizine HCl 5 mg/pseudoephedrine HCl 120 mg) Tablets
desloratadine (Clarinex), and 

fexofenadine (Allegra).