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Title: Allegra/Fexofenadine and stomach pain
Post by larken on 10/07/12 at 09:44:22

When I first started Allegra almost two years ago at bedtime, I had stomach pain when I woke up in the morning. It gradually diminished. I'm not sure if it went away completely because I always seem to have some GI pain when I wake up. I recently increased my dose and now I have bad stomach pain in the morning again. I am wondering if Allegra is a trigger for me, making all my symptoms a bit worse, or it simply irritates my stomach and I should put up with it because it seems to help control other things, in particular my urticaria and angioedema.

Does anyone else get this? Do you think I should try another H1 blocker and see if that's any better?

Title: Re: Allegra/Fexofenadine and stomach pain
Post by PamH on 10/12/12 at 09:01:58

Can you try taking it in the morning and something else in its place to see if you still get the pain in the morning?

Title: Re: Allegra/Fexofenadine and stomach pain
Post by mikev on 10/12/12 at 10:32:16

larken:
I looked long & hard at allegra before switched to it from zrytec, especially all the inatctive ingrediants that I know you worry about as well. I only take 1 tablet & have no stomach pain, of course my stomach isn't my main issue. How many are you taking? If more than 1, i'd do what Pam recommended take 1/2 of daily dose in morning & see what happens.
Good luck
MikeV

Title: Re: Allegra/Fexofenadine and stomach pain
Post by Joan on 10/12/12 at 13:19:10

You might also try to drink more water with it and/or take it with food. Sometimes I do better if I take my meds with dinner instead of on an empty stomach before bed.

Title: Re: Allegra/Fexofenadine and stomach pain
Post by PamH on 10/12/12 at 14:46:54

I also wanted to throw out that I have to buy the name brand Allegra, there was something in the generic that would cause problems.
Have you switched brands lately?
Pam