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Phenylephrine
Phenylephrine hydrochloride is a decongestant which is a kind of antihistamine type drug (common cold or symptom drug).
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A 30-year old asked:
Are there things I should avoid while taking Neosynephrine (phenylephrine)?
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A 33-year old asked:
Is phenylephrine the equivalent to phenylpropanolamine?
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Is it possible for you to take loratadine and phenylephrine at the same time?
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A 37-year old asked:
Phenylephrine and ceterizine hcl together okay?
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A 44-year old asked:
Is it safe to take phenylephrine while pregnant?
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A 48-year old asked:
Is it safe to take phenylephrine with pseudoephedrine?
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A 31-year old asked:
Can I take medications containing phenylephrine while pregnant?
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A 32-year old asked:
Is it safe to take cough remedies containing Phenylephrine while pregnant?
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A 36-year old asked:
Is it possible for me to take phenylephrine and claritin (loratadine) together?
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A 31-year old asked:
What will happen to my baby if I took a cough remedy containing Phenylephrine while pregnant?
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A 34-year old female asked:
OTC phenylephrine doesn't work for me, but pseudoephedrine does. However, it can make me jittery. What should I try? Children's dose, perhaps?
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A 36-year old asked:
Phenylephrine hcl and ibuprofen is okay?
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A 57-year old female asked:
Is it safe to take Zyrtec (cetirizine) and phenylephrine together?
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A 40-year old asked:
Phenylephrine hcl 5 mg raise blood pressure?
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A 35-year old asked:
What is also known as phenylephrine hydrochloride?
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A 20-year old female asked:
Does phenylephrine HCl reduces the side effects of paracetamol if given together?
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A member asked:
Can i take pseudoephedrine hci with lexapro (escitalopram)? And what about phenylephrine? The first one has been my preferred cold med for years.
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A 20-year old female asked:
Is it safe for pregnant women to take chlorpheniramine and phenylephrine?
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A 24-year old female asked:
Can you take Similason, tylenol (acetaminophen) and Phenylephrine together?
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A 24-year old female asked:
We gave my 4 yr old similason & then gaveTyl b/c his fever is so high. We just picked up his presc. Phenylephrine is it ok to give him it too?
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A 35-year old female asked:
Had cough with plegm, headache sorethroat (right side) for 5 days. been taking phenylephrine & acetylcysteine gven by doctor. it even got worse.
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A member asked:
20 wks preg. No sleep x 6 nights, severe nasal (oxymetazoline) congestion. Is Sudafed (pseudophedrine) best OTC choice? Safe? Better than Sudafed PE (phenylephrine)?
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A 32-year old asked:
Is it a bad idea to take acetaminophen, dextromethorphan, phenylephrine, diphenhydramine, & tetrahydrocannabinol together?
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A 22-year old male asked:
Would Phenylephrine help Low Blood Pressure? I have POTS, my BP sometimes goes low when its hot weather, doctors dont understand my condition.
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A 40-year old female asked:
After took Panadol (acetaminophen) Cold and Flu (paracetamol, phenylephrine hydrochloride), can I take Actifed afterwards (triprolidine hydrochloride, pseudoephedrine?
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A 18-year old asked:
Decongestant- phenylephrine. Bp med - Inderal. Antidepressants- Zoloft and Wellbutrin (bupropion). And synthroid. I had asked the ? About decongestant dosage
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A 42-year old asked:
Does it hurt to take regular claritin (loratadine) 24 hrs a couple hours early? I am also taking phenylephine
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A 42-year old asked:
Can you take benydryl and claritan together? Or would phenylephine and benydryl be better on URI?
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A 33-year old female asked:
How long after I can safely breastfeeding my baby after taking Nicip cold? (it contains nimesulide, phenylnephrine, Chloropheniramine Maleate)
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A 32-year old asked:
Ok to take augmentin (amoxicillin and clavulanate) and phenylephrine?
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