DIPHENHYDRAMINE AND PHENYLEPHRINE

(DYE fen HYE dra meenand FEN il EFF rin) Brand: Alahist LQ, Aldex-CT, Children's Triacting Night Time, D-Tann, Dimetapp Nighttime Cool & Congestion, Diphenmax D, Dytan-D, PediaCare Children's Allergy & Cool, Robitussin Night Time Cough & Cool, Robitussin Night Time Cough & Cool Children's, Robitussin Night Time Cough & Cool Pediatric, Triaminic Night Time Cool & Cough

What is the most significant information I must know about diphenhydramine and phenylephrine?

• Do not give this medicine to a baby younger than 2 years old. Always ask a doctor till giving a cough or cool medication to a child. Death can occur from the misuse of cough and cool medicines in very young children.

• Do not use any another over-the-counter cough, cool, allergy, or sleep medicine without first asking your doctor or pharmacist. If you take determined commodity together you may accidentally take too many of one or more types of medication. Read the label of any another medication you are using to see if it contains an antihistamine, decongestant, or cough suppressant.

• Avoid drinking alcohol while you are taking this medicine. It can add to drowsiness caused by an antihistamine.

• Avoid taking diet pills, caffeine pills, or another stimulants (such as ADHD medications) without your doctor's advice. Taking a stimulant together with a decongestant can magnify your risk of unpleasant side effects.

• This medicine can reason side effects that may impair your thinking or reactions. Be careful if you drive or do anything that requires you to be awake and alert.

• Speak your doctor if you regularly use another medicines that create you sleepy (such as another cool or allergy medication, narcotic pain medication, sleeping pills, muscle relaxers, and medication for seizures, depression, or anxiety). They can add to sleepiness caused by diphenhydramine.

What is diphenhydramine and phenylephrine?

• Diphenhydramine is an antihistamine that reduces the natural chemical histamine in the body. Histamine can manufacture symptoms of sneezing, itching, watery eyes, and runny nose.

• Phenylephrine is a decongestant that shrinks blood vessels in the nasal passages. Dilated blood vessels can reason nasal congestion (stuffy nose).

• The combination of diphenhydramine and phenylephrine is used to treat runny or stuffy nose, sneezing, watery eyes, and sinus congestion caused by allergies, the general cool, or the flu.

• Diphenhydramine and phenylephrine may also be used for another purposes not listed in this medicine guide.

What must I discuss with my healthcare provider till taking diphenhydramine and phenylephrine?

• You must not use this medicine if you are allergic to diphenhydramine or phenylephrine.

• Till taking this medicine, speak your doctor if you are allergic to any drugs, or if you have:

· asthma;

· heart malady or tall blood pressure;

· diabetes;

· a thyroid disorder;

· glaucoma;

· kidney disease;

· an enlarged prostate; or

· problems with urination.

• If you have any of these conditions, you may need a doze adjustment or particular trials to safely take this medication.

• This medicine may be deleterious to an unborn child. Speak your doctor if you are pregnant or plan to become pregnant during treatment.

• This medicine may pass into breast milk and could harm a nursing child. Do not use this medicine without telling your doctor if you are breast-feeding a baby.

• Older adults may be more likely to have side effects from this medication.

• Artificially-sweetened liquid forms of cool medication may contain phenylalanine. This would be significant to know if you have phenylketonuria (PKU). Check the ingredients and warnings on the medicine label if you are concerned about phenylalanine.

How must I take diphenhydramine and phenylephrine?

• Use this medicine exactly as directed on the label, or as it has been predesigned by your doctor. Do not use the medicine in larger amounts, or use it for longer than recommended. Cool medication is generally taken only for a short time before your symptoms clear up.

• Measure the liquid form of this medication with a particular dose-measuring spoon or cup, not a regular table spoon. If you do not have a dose-measuring device, ask your pharmacist for one.

• Create certain you chew the chewable tablet till you swallow it.

• This medicine can reason you to have unusual results with allergy skin trials. Speak any doctor who treats you that you are taking an antihistamine.

• Store this medication at room temperature, away from heat, easy, and moisture.

What happens if I miss a dose?

• Since cool or allergy medication is generally taken only as needed, you may not be on a dosing schedule. If you are taking the medicine regularly, take the missed doze as soon as you remember. If it is nearly time for your following doze, skip the missed doze and take the medication at your following regularly scheduled time. Do not take extra medication to create up the missed dose.

What happens if I overdose?

• Search abnormal medical attention if you think you have used too many of this medicine.

• Overdose symptoms may include feeling restless or nervous, nausea, vomiting, stomach pain, dizziness, drowsiness, dry mouth, warmth or tingly feeling, or seizure (convulsions).

What must I avoid while taking diphenhydramine and phenylephrine?

• Avoid drinking alcohol while you are taking this medicine. It can add to drowsiness caused by an antihistamine.

• This medicine can reason side effects that may impair your thinking or reactions. Be careful if you drive or do anything that requires you to be awake and alert.

• Avoid becoming overheated or dehydrated during exercice and in hot weather.

• Do not use any another over-the-counter cough, cool, allergy, or sleep medicine without first asking your doctor or pharmacist. Antihistamines, decongestants, and cough suppressants are contained in much medicines accessible over the counter. If you take determined commodity together you may accidentally take too many of one or more types of medication. Read the label of any another medication you are using to see if it contains an antihistamine, decongestant, or cough suppressant.

What are the possible side effects of diphenhydramine and phenylephrine?

• Get abnormal medical help if you have any of these signs of an allergic reaction: hives; difficulty breathing; swelling of your person, lips, tongue, or throat.

• Stop using this medicine and call your doctor at once if you have any of these serious side effects:

· quick, pounding, or uneven heartbeat;

· confusion, hallucinations, unusual thoughts or behavior;

· urinating smaller than normal or not at all;

· severe dizziness, anxiety, restless feeling, or nervousness;

· light bruising or bleeding, unusual weakness, fever, chills, body aches, flu symptoms;

· heighten blood pressure (severe headache, blurred vision, trouble concentrating, chest pain, numbness, seizure); or

· nausea, stomach pain, low fever, loss of appetite, dark urine, clay-colored stools, jaundice (yellowing of the skin or eyes).

• Smaller serious side effects may include:

· blurred vision;

· dry mouth;

· nausea, stomach pain, constipation;

· dizziness, drowsiness;

· problems with memory or concentration;

· ringing in your ears;

· mild loss of appetite;

· warmth, tingling, or redness under your skin;

· feeling excited or restless;

· sleep problems (insomnia); or

· skin rash or itching.

• This is not a complete list of side effects and others may occur. Call your doctor for medical advice about side effects. You may message side effects to FDA at 1-800-FDA-1088.

What another drugs will affect diphenhydramine and phenylephrine?

• Speak your doctor about all another medications you use, especially:

· medicines to treat tall blood pressure;

· a beta-blocker such as atenolol (Tenormin), carteolol (Cartrol), metoprolol (Lopressor, Toprol), nadolol (Corgard), propranolol (Inderal), sotalol (Betapace), timolol (Blocadren), and others;

· antidepressants such as amitriptyline (Elavil), clomipramine (Anafranil), imipramine (Janimine, Tofranil), and others; or

· an MAO inhibitor such as isocarboxazid (Marplan), phenelzine (Nardil), rasagiline (Azilect), selegiline (Eldepryl, Emsam), or tranylcypromine (Parnate).

• This list is not complete and there may be another drugs that can interact with diphenhydramine and phenylephrine. Speak your doctor about all the prescription and over-the-counter medications you use. This includes vitamins, minerals, herbal commodity, and drugs predesigned by another doctors. Do not start using a new medicine without telling your doctor.

Where can I get more information?

• Your pharmacist can provide more information about diphenhydramine and phenylephrine.

Remember, hold this and all another medicines out of the reach of children, never share your medicines with others, and use this medicine only for the indication prescribed.

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