My story: When my pollen nightmare started a few weeks ago, I took plain sudafed decongestant, which as pseudophedrine. It wasn't helping to make my sore throat go away, although it would give temporary relief. I switched to the combo with antihistimine. I was getting some side effects, but eventually my symptoms went away. I stopped taking it and had a relapse the next morning. Plus I had hives. The urgent care clinic said maybe it's the combination that bothers me and prescribed the separate antihistimine (Zyrtec) and nasal spray. I mentioned that the one time I had tried Claratin a year or two ago, it had the side effects, and she asked whether it was Claratin-D, and unfortunately since I threw it away I will never know. But strangely, as I have described in my LJ, the antihistimine did not have side effects while I was taking the steroids for the hives, but before and after I took the steroids I had the side effects.
Anyway, the doctor at the clinic did say that a lot of people need to take them separately. I don't know for sure if this is the case with me, but I might have special circumstances.
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Anyway, the doctor at the clinic did say that a lot of people need to take them separately. I don't know for sure if this is the case with me, but I might have special circumstances.