SHEILA M. AMAR, M.D., FAAAAI, FACAAI

ALLERGY SKIN TESTING

To prepare for your allergy skin test, please do not take any antihistamines or medications that contain antihistamines for five (5) days before your appointment. Please continue all your asthma medications. If you have questions regarding other medications you are taking, please call our office and check with the nursing staff.

COMMON ANTIHISTAMINES: PLEASE NOTE THIS IS NOT A COMPLETE LIST.

Any non-barbiturate sedatives Clomipramine Loratadine Robitussin Nighttime with the name “P.M.”, “sleep- Codimal Maxichlor PSE DM Rondec Syrup aid”, or “nighttime” Compazine Maxiphen ADT Ru-Tuss Amitid Compoz Meclizine Ryna-C Amitril Comtrex Medi-flu Rynatan Amitriptyline Contac/Ornade Methscopolamine Rynatuss Acrivastine Contac Severe Cold & Flu Midol Scot-Tussin Actifed Coricidin Mizolastine Semprex, Semprex-D Adapin Cotab AX, Cotab Flu Naldecon Sine-Off Alavert (loratadine) CoTylenol Cold Formula Naphcon-A eye drops Sinubid Alfen DMA Cyproheptadine Nolahist Sinulin Alka-Seltzer Plus Cold & Dallergy Nolamine Sinutab Cough Deconamine SR Norel DM, Norel SR, Norel LA Sominex Allegra, Allegra-D Desipramine Norpramin Sinequan Aller-Chlor Desloratadine Nortriptyline Sudafed Plus Allerhist Desyrel Novafed-A Sudal-12 Allerest Dexbrompheniramine Novahistine DH liquid Surmontil AlleRx Dexchlorpheniramine Nytol Tagamet Amoxapine Diphedryl Nyquil Nighttime Cold Tanafed Anafranil Diphen Olopatadine Tavist-1 Antivert Diphenhydramine Opcon-A eye drops Tavist-D Astelin Nasal Spray Dimetane Optimine Theraflu Flu, Cold & Cough Astemizole Dimetapp Optivar eye drops Theraflu Maximum Strength Astepro Nasal Spray Doxepin Ornade Thorazine Atarax Doxylamine Orthoxicol Tofranil Atrohist Dramamine Palgic Trimipramine Aventyl Dristan Pamprin Trinalin Axid Drixoral Pamelor Triprolidine Azatadine Drixoral Cold & Flu Pataday eye drops Nighttime Flu, Cold & Cough Azelastine Drixoral Cold & Allergy Patanase Nasal Spray Trazodone Benadryl (diphenhydramine) Duratuss Patanol eye drops Triaminic Nighttime Benylin Dura-Vent Pazeo eye drops Triaminicin Bepreve eye drops Dymista Nasal Spray Pediox-S Tussend Bonine Elavil Pepcid Tussionex Brexin Elestat eye drops Periactin Tylenol PM Bromfed Emadine eye drops Phenergan Tylenol Allergy, Cold, Flu Brompheniramine Endep Phenindamine Unisom Brovex Extendryl Pheniramine VasoBid, VazoTan Calm-Aid Famotidine Phenyltoloxamine Vicks 44 Cough, Cold, & Flu Carboxinoxamine Fedahist Polaramine Vicks Nyquil Multi-Symptom Cerose DM Fexofenadine Polyhistine-D Vistaril Cetirizine 4 Way Cold Poly-DM Syrup Visine-A eye drops Cheracol-Plus Genahist Premysn Vivactil Cheracol-Sinus Hycomine Promethazine Zaditor eye drops Chlo-Amine Hydramine Protriptyline Zantac Clarinex, Clarinex-D Hydroxyzine Pyrilamine Zyrtec, Zyrtec-D Claritin, Claritin-D (loratadine) Imipramine Pyrroxate Xyzal Chlorafed Isochlor Pyrlex, Pyrlex PD Zymine HC, Zymine-D Chlorpromazine Ketotifen Quelidrine Zymine liquid Chlor-Trimeton Kronafed Ranitidine Zzzquil Chlorpheniramine Livostin Rescon Cimetidine Lodrane, Lodrane D Rezine