Drug Uses

Claritin-D is used to relieve hay fever and allergy symptoms, including sneezing, runny nose, and red, itchy, tearing eyes. Claritin-D is in a class of medications called antihistamines. It works by blocking histamine, a substance in the body that causes allergic symptoms. Claritin-D may cause less drowsiness than other antihistamines.

How Taken

Claritin-D comes as a tablet to take by mouth. 12 Hour Tablet: One tablet twice a day (every 12 hours); 24 Hour Tablet: One tablet daily taken with a full glass of water. You should not to break or chew the tablet and you should take the 24 hour tablet with a full glass of water.

Warnings/Precautions

Before taking Claritin-D, tell your doctor if you have asthma or another lung disease; diabetes; thyroid problems; glaucoma or increased pressure in the eye; urinary retention or an enlarged prostate; narrowing of the esophagus or gastrointestinal tract or difficulty swallowing; kidney or liver disease; or heart disease, high blood pressure, or an irregular heartbeat. You may not be able to take Claritin-D, or you may require a dosage adjustment or special monitoring during treatment if you have any of the conditions listed above. Claritin-D is in the FDA pregnancy category B. This means that it is not expected to be harmful to an unborn baby. Do not take Claritin-D without first talking to your doctor if you are pregnant. Claritin-D passes into breast milk and may affect a nursing baby. Do not take Claritin-D without first talking to your doctor if you are breast-feeding a baby. Claritin-D has not been approved for use by children younger than 12 years of age.

Missed Dose

Take the missed dose as soon as you remember it. However, if it is almost time for the next dose, skip the missed dose and continue your regular dosing schedule. Do not take a double dose to make up for a missed one.

Possible Side Effects

Serious side effects are not likely to occur with the use of Claritin-D. If you experience any of the following serious side effects, stop taking Claritin-D and contact your doctor immediately or seek emergency medical attention: an allergic reaction (difficulty breathing; closing of your throat; swelling of your lips, tongue, or face; or hives); an irregular heartbeat; or seizures. Other, less serious side effects may be more likely to occur. Continue to take Claritin-D and talk to your doctor if you experience dizziness; headache; insomnia; nervousness; nausea, diarrhea, or abdominal discomfort; dry mouth; dry skin or itchiness; or discoloration of urine. Side effects other than those listed here may also occur. Talk to your doctor about any side effect that seems unusual or that is especially bothersome.

Storage

Protect Claritin-D from light and store in a dry place. Store between 15-25°C (59-77°F).

Overdose

Seek emergency medical attention. Symptoms of a Claritin-D overdose include headache, drowsiness, an irregular heartbeat, nausea and vomiting, sweating, increased thirst, weakness, and restlessness.

More Information

Use caution when driving, operating machinery, or performing other hazardous activities. Claritin-D may cause dizziness. If you experience dizziness, avoid these

Disclaimer

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Singulair® (Montelukast), launched in the UK in February 1998, is a new once daily tablet treatment for asthma. There is a chewable tablet for children aged 6 to 15 years.
Together with zafirlukast, it is new kind of treatment for asthma, and works by blocking the effect of substances called leukotrienes, which are important in asthma.
Montelukast is an add-on treatment which improves the health of people with asthma who are already using inhaled steroid 'preventer' treatments but are not getting enough help from those and the other usual treatments.
How does montelukast work?
Montelukast is one of a group of new drugs which work by blocking the effect of an important group of substances released in the lungs during the process which leads to asthma. These substances are called leukotrienes. Just as antihistamines stop a substance called histamine from working, so montelukast stops leukotrienes from working.
Leukotrienes are important in asthma because their release from cells in the lungs causes narrowing of the air passages, for example by making the muscles around the air tubes contract. So one benefit of montelukast is that it acts against this muscle contraction, and so against narrowing of the air passages.
But leukotrienes act in quite a number of ways to help produce asthma. We now know that in asthma the air tubes are not just narrowed by contracting muscle fibres, but that the lining membrane of the air tubes is inflamed, looking red in colour. The microscope shows that the inflamed lining membrane is also full of cells we normally think of as white blood cells, including cells called eosinophils. Over the longer run these cells cause damage in the lungs, which is why older people with asthma generally don't get such good results from treatment as younger people. Leukotrienes play an important part in bringing about this inflammation, and montelukast should help alsthma in the longer term by helping to minimise inflammation and the damage it causes.
How well does it work in practice?
Careful trials on large numbers of patients showed that, in some groups of people with asthma, montelukast reduced night-time asthma attacks as well as attacks and poor control during the daytime. Regular use also reduced the number of times people needed to use steroid tablets because the asthma went out of control.
Some people claim that montelukast may be specially useful for some kinds of asthma, such as asthma brought on by exercise or by aspirin.
Time will tell how much montelukast will contribute to the life of people who have asthma. It seems that we are not looking at a dramatic cure, but at a medicine which will make a very positive difference for many people.

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