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- Doesn't readily enter the brain through the blood
- Seems to act as an anti-inflammatoryFexofenadine in chronic idiopathic urticaria: a clinical and immunohistochemical evaluation.
- Common side effects: Nausea, Vomiting, Drowsiness and Fatigue
- Relieves seasonal allergy symptoms such as hay fever
- Alcohol may intensify side effects
- Fruit juice may reduce effectsBBC News: Fruit juice 'could affect drugs'
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Allegra is a popular brand of the drug Fexofenadine which is a antihistamine used to treat allergies such as hay fever. It is described sometimes as a second-generation and sometimes as a third-generation antihistamine, succeeding Seldane, which Allegra is a metabolite of.British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology Effect of the second-generation antihistamine, fexofenadine, on cough reflex sensitivity and pulmonary function, Fexofenadine in chronic idiopathic urticaria: a clinical and immunohistochemical evaluation., FDA: FDA APPROVES ALLEGRA-D, MANUFACTURER TO WITHDRAW SELDANE FROM MARKETPLACE Fexofenadine also appears to have some anti-inflammatory effects, and is used to treat chronic idiopathic urticartia.Fexofenadine in chronic idiopathic urticaria: a clinical and immunohistochemical evaluation.
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Fexofenidine is generally extremely well tolerated, although it can cause nausea, vomiting, drowsiness, and fatigue. Theoretically, it is possible to overdose on fexofenidine, but there have been very few instances, so the results are poorly understood. In rodent testing, doses that were effectively up to four hundred times the effective human doses were nonlethal. Fexofenidine is a metabolite of terfenadine (meaning that the body naturally metabolizes terfenadine into fexofenidine), an older antihistimine which had more severe side effects, and was supplanted by fexofenidine due to the superior side effect profile.FDA: FDA APPROVES ALLEGRA-D, MANUFACTURER TO WITHDRAW SELDANE FROM MARKETPLACEDisclaimer
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