Medical question..can I take a nasal decongestant, antihistamine, and pain reliever at the same time?
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absolutely.  If these are over the counter meds you have plenty of safety margin on dosage and they expect you to mix that combo so the reactions between them are very rare.  Go for it and feel better.  I do it all allergy season long.
831763
Actually it is Ok for you to take some over the counter pain med before your appointment as long as you follow the proper dose direction mentioned on the bottle. It does not interact with the local anesthesia. Make sure you take it with food and an 8oz. glass of water. Aleve also decreases inflammation as does aspirin and having it in your system as you are getting root cannal helps with your post operation healing and decrease your discomfort.
235043
Please consult you doctor. What you may be experiencing is allergic rhinitis and might not need to drink decongestant at all. When I have clogged nose, I steam. The hot air you breathe would make the mucus melt or not as hard. So you can easily blow it out. If you have sinnusitis, this would help a lot too. Just boil a cup of water and let it stand for a couple of minutes and breathe the steam for five to ten minutes. Just make sure the steam is not to hot because it might burn your face
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There are two main reasons and lots of other small stuff I won't mention. One, Your nose can get blocked by secretions of mucous from the membranes that line your sinuses and nose. The mucous in normal amounts keeps the tissues moist and provides some protection for them by trapping dust, airborne bacteria and viruses, etc. and helping to move them out of your nose and sinuses. When allergy or infection irritates the mucous membranes they can secret much more mucous than normal to try and protect themselves. This kind of "congestion responds well to a decongestant such as psuedofed (OTC). Two, the other kind of stuffiness is caused by swelling of the same tissues because they are irritated. Again, breathing dust or pollen, or animal dander, etc. -depends on what you are allergic to - can cause this swelling to occur. This kind of congestion responds well to antihistamines or histamine blockers. Benadryl is the most common (OTC) histamine blocker.\n\nSometimes (pretty often actually) both things happen at once and an antihistamine and decongestant combination is presribed. They don't typically work all that well because they usually interfere with each other. I treat the worst symptom and live with the other one. Congestion caused by swelling usually produces some facial tenderness and or sinus pressure or pain. Mucous congestion usually doesn't. \n\nIf you want to avoid medicine, moist steam from a portable facial sauna can help and so can steam from a sink full of hot water - just throw a towel over your head to trap the steam and breathe for a few minutes. Even a good hot shower helps. Hope you feel better soon.\n\nFinally, If none of this works you probably have sinusitis or a sinus infection. They are hard to treat and really require access to medication you can't get without a prescription. See a doctor.
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I used to take Nasonex when I was younger for generalized allergies but it was no longer working. I was then switched to Astelin D and that seemed to work for a while to clear the inflammation in my nasal passages, but then it stopped working as well. I am now taking Nasocort AQ nasal spray and it appears to be helping at this time. I think some medicines work better for some people than others and that is why there are so many on the market. I would ask your doctor (which was prescribed most recently and for what symptoms), or try one for a few days and if it doesn't help, try the other.
898234
I reality, you can treat the end result of allergies with Prednisolone steroid type I and Type II. The doctors will actually prescribe a separate drug for sinus infections, which may have as many as twenty-five root caused. There was an interesting article in the January, 1995 AMA Journal on this very subject my friend.\nGood Q\nGood luck
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yes you can OD on pain killers BUT the ppl that do take mass amounts at one time and are usually on other drugs when that happens.  To answer that question.\nAs for your pain...NO I am not a Dr but between my hubby and I have been on/off pain killers for various injuries, surgries etc.  \nNo you should not take 4 at once to many!  Pain killers will build up in your system or basically catch up to you.  I would wait until the time and then take 3 again.  You will be fine and you will still be following his orders.  \nNow for your 3rd prob.  Your DR that your under his care will not take calls??  Again and he is too booked to answer a two second question?  I would considering taking my health to someone that cares a little bit more.  The DR sounds like he has more patients than he even cares to be bothered with...not a good feature in a Doc.\nOne other thing..Do not drink alchol while your on pain killers...your 3 pills will make you spin.
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Yes to an extent. An antihistamine is appropriately used when the bodies response is greater than the need. So, for irritants like poison ivy, which isn't degraded by white blood cells, the swelling and the itching is more of a problem than white blood cell migration.\n\nThis is also true for many other irritants that cause a 'greater than the need' response to allergens of all sorts.\n\nIdeally, an antihistamine doesn't stop all response anyhow. Properly dosed, it just decreases the response to what is more useful and less harmful.
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I think you can take them all at once, it should not matter.  Try it and if it upsets your stomach spread them out. May try eating something before taking them first.
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I have this same problem - sinus headaches.  The best medicine I've found is Advil Cold and Sinus.  It takes away the headache and helps with the congestion.  I also take allergy shots, but they haven't started working yet, so this is what I do in the interrim.  If this doesn't work, I'd consult an allergist and get antigens.
46905
depends on the allergy. But for the time being for releif of symptoms one benadryl would'nt hurt
499101
Im a med student and as far as i know cetrizine is one of the safest second generation anti histaminics and as for side effects mainly drowsiness tht too very subjective.When u say u catch cold thru out da year im not sure how many tablets u take.too much of anythin is gud for nothin.and do confirm with a doctor if its a cold or sinusitis or maybe allergic rhinitis..get well:)
119326
Take theraflu "severe cold". Then take 3 ibuprophen if you feel sinus pressure. (The ibuprophen in anti-inflammatory and will reduce the pressure in your head in addition to providing pain relief.)
999460
I was told this is safe to do, alternating every 2 hours.  (EG 10 am take advil, noon take tylenol, 2 pm take advil, etc.) And so you don't exceed the daily requirements of either.  However, vicodin is pretty high powered stuff, so I would make a quick call to your doctor or pharmacy about this first.
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No-doze (caffeine pills), anything that says decongestant (which includes sudafed), methylxanthines in chocolate, nicotine gum. Be cautious and avoid energy pills - there any many variations of the now-illegal ephedra which is seriously dangerous.\n\nGood luck!
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I wear a therapeutic magnetic necklace and take a couple of natural supplements. I am currently pregnant and can not take any other products, but will not go back to anti-histamines, because I have not had one problem. My uncle who has sever allergies and hay fever is now on the same products and wearing a necklace, and for the first time in years is not bed ridden sick.
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lots of them will but they aren't too good for ya.  tylenol pm will knock you out for a while.  i am on rozerem and it works great!  you should go get a script for it.