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It depends on the specific ingredients in each one. Some cold medicine ingredients overlap with allergy med ingredients in these multi packs. Allergy meds are to keep your allergic reaction down, ie antihistimines. Sometimes allergy meds include ingredients that help with allergy symptoms, like decongestants. Some meds help the nose more to keep it from running and others help thin the mucus (like guaifenesin). Look at the ingredients in each pack and compare. Do you need help with specific symptoms? Then you're better off buying specific meds (not the multi meds in one pill). Best advice: Go ask your pharmacist. They also have more of these types meds behind the counter at the pharmacy that can help you that are more powerful or have ingredients that have to have controlled access. The pharmacist can help with a lot of these type questions, even if you don't have a prescription they will help you will over the counter meds.
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∙ 11y agoAllegra contains phenylephrine, as do many cough and cold products. Combining these would be dangerous. You can call your local pharmacy and ask them what drugs you can take with the Allegra that won't interact, and they'll be able to recommend the best meds to take together.
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What can happen if you take an antihistamine and cold medicine together?
The cold medicine is an antihistamine so you are taking double the amount of antihistamine.
What product did the jingle lyrics a summer cold is a dirty animal promote...I think it may be from the 70s.....?
Contac cold remedy
Can you take Allegra D and any cold medicine together?
Nyquil contains Tylenol plus a cough suppressant and doxylamine, an antihistamine. Since Allegra is also an antihistamine, these would overlap in indication. Pharmacists prefer taking individual products so as to avoid interactions and duplications of ingredients, so try taking plain Tylenol and Robitussin DM with the Allegra and skip the Nyquil.
What information can be found on the Contac website?
On Contac cold and flu's website you can find product listings, myths about the flu, tips for avoiding catching a cold or the flu, as well as some home remedies to help with flu symptoms. It also has coupons and promotions available.
What is dolo cold?
This is a medicine for cold
Is echinacea used as medicine?
not as such, it is used as a preventative medicine, usually taken to prevent colds and similar ailments, it is suspected it may shorten if not prevent al together a cold or flu.
If you took plan b can you take medicine like cold medicine or laxitives the next day?
Yes you can take cold medicine.
Can you take NyQuil night time cold medicine while on Lopid?
According to my drug book, there are no problems associated with taking these two meds together.
Is it bad to drink cold water when you take your medicine?
yes it bad to drink cold water while taking medicine
What can you do for a cold?
* stay warm * medicine
Can DayQuil and Claritin D be taken together?
No, you do not take two versions of the same medicine together. Both of these contain an antihistimine/decongestant combination. Taking too much cold medicine will make your heart race and could cause trouble breathing. Choose one or the other, but not both.
Can you use allergy medicine for a cold?
Not effectively. Allergy medicine blocks histamine receptors, but a cold is caused by a virus: completely unrelated.
