Benadryl - help please!

[squigglepink]

Hi there

I know Benadryl with dipenhydramine is recommended - just wondering where i could get hold of some in the UK and if not, then what to get in its place. Also, im not liking the side-effects of this one - tiredness, sleepiness, dizziness.. I may pass out before our attempt! :bigsmile:

Many thanks

[maidentomother]

Try chlorpheniramine or Zyrtec, those should not make you sleepy.

[atomic sagebrush]

It's sold as a sleep aid in the UK. You don't need to use it though - cetirizine is also good and doesn't cause that kind of drowsiness

[Wantanother2017]

Benadryl IS diphenhydramine


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[squigglepink]

Hi Atomic - my DH uses cetirizine hydrochloride and they make me feel weird. I usually take Loratadine because it works in 20 mins (tight chest/wheezing) and zero side effects. Is this one ok?

[atomic sagebrush]

Benadryl IS diphenhydramine


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In Australia and the UK it's marketed differently and Benadryl is actually cetirizine in other countries. :)

[atomic sagebrush]

Hi Atomic - my DH uses cetirizine hydrochloride and they make me feel weird. I usually take Loratadine because it works in 20 mins (tight chest/wheezing) and zero side effects. Is this one ok?

Any antihistamine on paper should sway pink. THe only reason I've ever recommended cetirizine in particular is because I have used it and found it made me really dry (sorry TMI).

[squigglepink]

Great, thanks!

[Wantanother2017]

Really?! Wow


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[maidentomother]

I'm a freak, but I've found my reaction to different AHs varies immensely. Most of them have zero effect at any dose. Promethazine (prescription in many places) used to help me with nausea, but I quickly built a complete tolerance to it. Chlorpheniramine is the only AH that actually works like an AH for me, but even it doesn't dry me out much. Psuedoephedrine is the only drug that really dries me up

[atomic sagebrush]

No, I'm like that too. I could take Claritin (loratidine) every day and it would do nothing to stop my allergies or dry me up. They used to have these little yellow ones that worked great but I can't remember the name and can't find them any more. Cetirizine works ok on my allergies and great on CM, diphenhydramine works great for both but makes me into a zombie. :)

[atomic sagebrush]

Really?! Wow


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Yes we found that out the hard way haha

[maidentomother]

I really am a freak though bc so many drugs have no effect on me. But I'm glad to hear I'm not quite so freakish. ;)

[atomic sagebrush]

:agree: weirdly I'm super sensitive to other drugs and can't even take many of them. I think they'll eventually learn that some people metabolize drugs in unexpected ways.