Antihistimine tablets

[fruitsalad]

Can you be allergic to them?

[Sqad]

Depends what you mean by "allergic"

No, one cannot in the true medical sense of the term "allergic", but you can have side effects.

[erin-x]

A girl I work with is...

[erin-x]

Maybe not then lol!

[fruitsalad]

The reason I ask my son was suffering with an allergy runny eyes and nose sneezing itching etc I gave him a antihistimine tablet and it made him feel worse instead of better

[erin-x]

The girl at work comes out in a blotchy, itchy rash if she takes one.

[Sqad]

What do you mean....."made him feel worse?"

[horseshoes]

Fruitsalad. There are hundreds of antihistimine remedies. I suffered for years before finding one that works. Just keep trying until you find the right one.

[fruitsalad]

Like Erin's friend he came out in a red itch rash on his face

[Sqad]

erin.....that sounds like an allergy.......but is it due to the tablet?

What does she take the antihistamine tablet for?

[erin-x]

She seems to think it's the antihistamines.. She took them for hayfever.

[Sqad]

erin......maybe...........but unusual.
;-)

[rowanwitch]

not to the antihistamine itself but the bulking agents used to make the tablets, or colourings, or other ingredients.

[emmie]

i took one and it made me feel a lot worse than what ailed me, fuzzy headed, as though i was going to faint and dizzy, i didn't take another.

[rowanwitch]

Thats a side effect its also why anti histamines are the active ingredient in things like nytol as one of the side effects of certain types is drowsiness... or 'relaxation' from the antihistamine in syndol

[pillj123]

YES!!!!!
A friend of mine has major major reaction, which included huge uncontrolable muscle spasms,and it foxed the paramedics,and the hospital ER team.Later she googled it and found a small percentage of folk can be allergic.It was a common antihistamine you can buy anywhere