Anti-histamine medications interfere with allergy skin tests. Please try NOT to take anti-histamine for 5 days prior to your appointment. However, if you have severe allergic symptoms that require continued anti-histamine therapy, you do not have to stop these medications, and we surely have other ways to help you.
DO NOT Take:
| Oral Anti-histamines | Nasal Sprays (Contain Anti-histamine) |
| – Alavert | – Astelin |
| – Allegra / Allegra D | – Astepro |
| – Atarax | – Dymista |
| – Benadryl | – Patanase |
| – Cetirizine | |
| – Chlor-Trimeton | Eye Drops |
| – Clarinex / Clarinex D | – Alaway |
| – Claritin / Claritin D | – Bepreve |
| – Dimetapp | – Elestat |
| – Diphenhydramine | – Optivar |
| – Fexofenadine | – Pataday |
| – Hydroxyzine | – Patanol |
| – Loratadine | – Pazeo |
| – Meclizine | – Zaditor |
| – Periactin | |
| – Promethazine | |
| – Xyzal | |
| – Zyrtec / Zyrtec D |
MAY Take:
| Oral Medications | Nasal Sprays (Do not Contain Anti-histamine) |
| – Singulair | – Atrovent |
| – Zyflo | – Flonase |
| – Prednisone | – Nasacort |
| – Nasonex | |
| All Asthma Inhalers | – Omnaris |
| – Rhinocort | |
| – Qnasl | |
| – Veramyst | |
| – Zetonna |