These Medications Should Not Be Taken at Least 14 Days Before Skin Testing**
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**THESE MEDICATIONS SHOULD NOT BE TAKEN AT LEAST 14 DAYS BEFORE SKIN TESTING** Prescription and Over the Counter Nasal Sprays Antihistamines Accuhist (brompheniramine) Astelin (azelastine) Actifed (chlorpheniramine) Patanase (olopatadine) Advil Allergy Sinus Astepro (azelastine) Alavert (loratadine) Dymista Allegra/Allegra D (fexofenadine) AlleRx (chlorpheniramine Eye Drops Atarax/Vistaril (hydroxyzine) Bepreve (bepotastine) Benadryl (diphenhydramine) Elestat (epinastine) Biohist LA (chlorpheniramine) Naphcon-A (pheniramine) Bromfed/Bromfed PD (brompheniramine) Optivar (azelastine) Chlor-Trimeton (chlorpheniramine) Pataday (olopatadine) Claritin/Claritin D (loratadine) Patanol (olopatadine) Clarinex/Clarinex D (desloratadine) Visine-A (pheniramine) Deconamine/Naldecon (chlorpheniramine) Zaditor (Ketotifen) Dimetane (brompheniramine) Alaway Dimetapp (brompheniramine) Donatussin (carbinoxamine) Non-Prescription Sleep Aids Histex (brompheniramine) Advil PM (diphenhydramine) Histussin D/Histussin HC (Dexbrompheniramine) Nytol (diphenhydramine) Nalex-A (chlorpheniramine, phenyltoloxamine) Tylenol PM (diphenhydramine) Nyquil (doxylamine) Unisom (doxylamine) Palgic/Palgic-D (carbinoxamine) Pancof HC (chlorpheniramine) Antacid Medications Pannaz (carbinoxamine, methscopolamine) Axid (nizatidine) Periactin (cyproheptadine) Pepcid (famotidine) Polaramine (dexchlorpheniramine) Tagment (cimetadine) Poly-Histine (pheniramine, pyrilamine, Zantac (ranitidine) phenyltoloxamine) Rescon (chlorpheniramine) Respa-AR (chlorpheniramine) Anti-nausea/Anti-vertigo RespaHist (brompheniramine) Antivert/Bonine (meclizine) Rynatan (azatadine) Compazine (prochlorperazine) Sinequan (doxepin) Phenergan (promethazine) Tanafed (dexchlorpheniramine) Tavist/Tavist D (clemastine) Tricyclic Antidepressants Triaminic (chlorpheniramine) Adapin/Sinequan (doxepin) Trinalin (azatadine) Anafranil (clomipramine) Tussi-12/Tussi-12 D (chlorpheniramine) Elavil (amitryptiline) Tylenol Allergy Sinus Norpramin (desoipramine) Xyzal (levocetirizine) Pamelor (nortriptyline) Zyrtec/Zyrtec D (cetirizine) Remeron (mirtazapine) Seroquel (quetiapine) Sinequan (doxepin) Tofranil (imipramine) Beta blockers are used to treat high blood pressure, heart disease and headaches. Beta blocker eye drops are often used to treat glaucoma. If you are on a beta blocker medication your allergist may recommend that you talk with your primary physician about switching to another medication prior to allergy testing or treatment with allergy injections. Your doctor is the only one who can safely change this medicine. You should never stop your beta blocker or any other prescription drug without checking with the physician that prescribed it first. **DO NOT DISCONTINUE YOUR BETA BLOCKER MEDICATION ON YOUR OWN** LIST OF BETA BLOCKERS BRAND NAME GENERIC Betapace sotalol Blocadren timolol Cartrol carteolol Coreg carvedilol Corgard nadolol Corzide nadol/ bendroflunetazide Inderal propranolol Inderide propranolol/HCTZ Kerlone betaxolol Levatol Penbutolol Lopressor metoprolol Normodyne labetalol Sectral acebutolol Tenoretic atenolol/HCTZ Tenormin atenolol Timolide timolol/HCTZ Toprol metoprolol Trandate labetalol Visken pindolol Zebeta bisoprolol Ziac bisoprolol/HCTZ EYE DROPS CONTAINING BETA BLOCKERS BRAND NAME GENERIC Betagan levobunolol AK Beta levobunolol Betoptic betaxolol Optipranolol metipranolol Ocupress carteolol Timoptic timolol .