Guest guest Posted November 15, 2000 Report Share Posted November 15, 2000 Hi, I have been an on and off lurker for awhile now. After numerous doctor visits, allergy tests, lupus tests, chest x-rays, you name it, I diagnosed myself with chronic urticaria in January 1999. I learned from various websites about the H1/H2 medication combo and requested that my doctor write the prescriptions, and I haven't been back since. I was so angry that I had suffered for so long and then had to gather the info myself! Anyway, I took 150-300mg Zantac and 10mg Claritin every day for a year. Recently this combo has not been working, so I switched to Zyrtec, only to have the worst month in a very long time. So I am back on Claritin with my fingers crossed. However, I have a question. Recently I have seen posts where it seems people are taking more of a " cocktail " approach to urticaria on top of the H1/H2 inhibitors. Is this self-prescribed or have your doctors been recommending this approach? Do you have other conditions which require the other meds? I am willing to take meds forever, I just don't want to itch any more! Thanks in advance for any info/advice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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