Is aerius harmful to your body? ( allergy medicine )?!
Question:
Is aerius harmful to your body? ( allergy medicine )?
are you only suppose to take allergy medication if your doctor tells you to? the allergy season is starting to get worse but i havent checked out a doctor for it but i already bought aerius. is it true it is harmful to your body and weakens ur immune system? has anyone tries aerius before?
Answers:
Most common side-effects are fatigue, drowsiness, dry mouth, headache, and gastrointestinal disturbance but other than this there is no other reported side-effects that cause your immune system to weaken. The name of the drug in Aerius is Desloratadine and it is an active metabolite of loratadine, which is also on the market.
A survey of patients dissatisfied with loratadine published in August 2003 reported equal or better satisfaction with desloratadine, concluding:
"When severity of disease was controlled for in the analysis, a pattern emerged suggesting greater levels of satisfaction amongst loratadine dissatisfied patients who converted to desloratadine. Point estimates suggest a consistent pattern favoring desloratadine patient satisfaction, with statistically significant results reported for sum of adverse effects, nighttime awakening due to symptoms, symptom severity just prior to the next dose, and overall satisfaction (p < 0.05)."
A November 2003 article published in the journal American Family Physician about the safety, tolerability, effectiveness, price, and simplicity of desloratadine concluded the following:
"Desloratadine is similar in effectiveness to fexofenadine and would be expected to produce results similar to loratadine and other nonsedating antihistamines. There is no clinical advantage to switching a patient from loratadine to desloratadine. However, it may be an option for patients whose medical insurance no longer covers loratadine if the co-pay is less than the cost of the over-the-counter product."