Re: Antihistamines

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I think you're right. I bought what I thought was the generic Target

brand for Sudafed. It's called Dephedryl, an antihistamine with

diphenhydramine hydrochloride as the active ingredient. What I bought

is comparable to Benadryl, not Sudafed. Sorry about the confusion.

> | > Date: Sat, 17 Nov 2001 19:10:40 -0000

> | > From: jhelli1@y...

> | > To: matthea_gans@y...

> | > Subject: Re: Antihistamines

> | >

> | > Hi! I just joined this board. I've dealt with rashes

> | > on my forehead

> | > and elbows for about 4 years now. The forehead rash

> | > started when I

> | > used a new Clinique makeup base that dried quickly.

> | > For 6 months I

> | > thought it was dry skin, and then I went to three

> | > different doctors

> | > and got several different diagnosis (inflammatory

> | > conudones,

> | > seb.derm, fungal infection, etc...) until I was

> | > diagnosed with

> | > rosacea. It has only cleared completely once when I

> | > went to Cancun. I

> | > couldn't figure out why (maybe the food, maybe the

> | > clean air). Then I

> | > took Midol for a few days in August and it cleared

> | > again. I looked up

> | > the ingredients, and it contains an antihistamine. I

> | > also remembered

> | > that I take two different antihistamines on flights

> | > because the

> | > decent can trigger a huge sinus pressure attack. So

> | > that explained

> | > Cancun. I now take Sudafed a couple of times a week

> | > to control the

> | > rashes, but I'm seeing a new doctor in two weeks to

> | > get a referral to

> | > an allergist. Hope this helps any of you. Try a

> | > couple of

> | > antihistamines. The results were pretty fast (two

> | > days) in my case.

> | > The rash hasn't cleared completely, but it's a big

> | > improvement over

> | > open sores and stinging/itchy bumps.

> | >

> |

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