Michael E. Manning M.D. Aaron J. Davis M.D. Jean Nelson FNP-C Rachael Stillwagon PA-C www.AllergyAsthmaAZ.com • Phone (480) 949-7377 • Fax (480) 949-8339
PLEASE STOP ANTIHISTAMINES FOR 7 DAYS PRIOR TO ALLERGY TESTING *Do not stop asthma medications or any other medications that do not contain antihistamine.
Common medications containing antihistamines:
Antihistamines Digestive Aids Cough/Cold Medications Acrivastine Axid (nizatidine) Brompheniramine (Dimetapp) Advil Allergy Cimetidine (Tagamet) Comtrex Cold and Flu Allegra (fexofenadine) Famotidine (Pepcid) Contac Cold+ Flu Allegra-D Nizatidine (axid) Dimetap (brompheniramine) Actifed Pepcid (famotidine) Drixoral Cold and Allergy Alavert (loratadine) Ranitidine (zantac) Nyquil Allerx Tagamet (cimetidine) Robitussin Allergy Atarax (hydroxyzine) 8 days Zantac (ranitidine) Robitussin Flu Benadryl (diphenhydramine) Sudafed Cold/Plus (plain Sudafed is Bromfed Eye Drops ok) Brompheniramine All generic allergy eye drops Theraflu Carbinoxamine Azelastine eye drops Triaminic Cetirizine (Zyrtec) Bepreve Tussionex (chlorpheniramine) Chlorpheniramine Elestat Unisom Clarinex (desloratadine) Ketotifen Claritin (loratadine) Naphcon-A Anti-nausea/Motion Sickness Claritin D Olopatadine Antivert (meclizine) Clemastine (10 days) Opcon-A Bonine (meclizine) Cyproheptadine (Periactin) (11 days) Optivar Meclizine Deconamine Pataday Phenergan (promethazine) Desloratadine (Clarinex) Patanol Promethazine (Phenergan) Dimenhydrinate (Dramamine) Visine AC Dimetane Zaditor Sleep Aids Diphenhydramine (Benadryl) Advil PM Dramamine (dimenhydrinate) Nasal sprays Alka Seltzer P.M. Fexofenadine (Allegra) Astelin Nasal Spray (azelastine) Benadryl Hydroxyzine (Atarax, Vistaril) Azelastine Nasal Spray (Astelin, Excedrin PM Levocetirizine (Xyzal) Astepro) Midol PM Loratadine (Claritin) Dymista Nytol Palgic (carbinoxamine) Olopatadine nasal spray (Patanase) Sominex Periactin (cyproheptadine) (11 days) Patanase (olopatadine) Tylenol PM Tavist (clemastine) (10 days) Silenor (doxepine) Vistaril (hydroxyzine) Other Xyzal (levocetirizine) Amitriptyline (Elavil) Zyrtec (cetirizine) Elavil Zyrtec-D Midol Complete Trazodone
MEDICATIONS THAT ARE OK:
• Asthma inhalers (Flovent, Advair, Symbicort, Asmanex, Dulera, Qvar, Alvesco, Breo, albuterol) and Singulair
• Proton Pump Inhibitors (Aciphex, Nexium, Prevacid, Protonix, rabeprazole, esomeprazole, lansoprazole, pantoprazole)
• Plain Sudafed (pseudoephedrine) and phenylephrine when not added in with an antihistamine
• Decongestant Nasal Sprays Afrin (oxymetazoline), Neosynephrine (phenylephrine)
• All steroid nasal sprays (fluticasone, Flonase, Nasonex, Nasacort AQ, Veramyst, Omnaris)
• Prescription Sleep Aids (Ambien, Lunesta, Ramelteon, Zolpidem, Sonata, Belsomra, Rozerem) along with Melatonin • Antibiotics, blood pressure medication, Cholesterol medications, Prednisone