In recent years, costly but effective nonsedating antihistamines have become available as prescription drugs.

The President takes nonsedating antihistamine pills to control hay fever in the spring.

This leaves the nonsedating antihistamines as the only reasonable alternative for oral drug therapy.

"The feeling is that if there's a chance of sedation and third parties are paying, why not use the nonsedating drugs?

It is available as a generic drug and is marketed for its nonsedating properties.

The new nonsedating antihistamines used to treat allergies have not been tested for safety in pregnancy.

If you have allergies, a nonsedating antihistamine (available only by prescription) is a good preventive.

First, the status quo was modelled under which nonsedating antihistamines were available without prescription.

Fexofenadine is a nonsedating antihistamine for the treatment of allergic rhinitis.

A nonsedating antihistamine was clearly a desirable drug, and Schering-Plough had been looking for one since the 1960's.

More such switches are likely in the future, perhaps for other nonsedating antihistamines or for drugs to control stomach acids.

However, over-the-counter oral antihistamines (not the nonsedating kind available by prescription) may help a tortured victim sleep.

Drug interactions with the nonsedating antihistamines.

Schering-Plough developed loratadine as part of a quest for a potential blockbuster drug: a nonsedating antihistamine.

Because the doses were so low (200-400 mg/day), it was viewed as a moderately effective anticonvulsant whose best quality was its nonsedating nature.

Schering was not the first company to knock on the F.D.A.'s door with a nonsedating antihistamine.

Several nonsedating histamine H1-receptor antagonists are associated with torsades de pointes ventricular tachycardia.

In the United States, Seldane was brought to market in 1985 as the first nonsedating antihistamine for the treatment of allergic rhinitis.

Some Web sites suggest prevention: for histamine sensitivity, pop a nonsedating antihistamine like Claritin (or take an aspirin to stop production of prostaglandins).

Marion Merrell Dow will also contribute a more problematic potential product, Seldane, a popular nonsedating antihistamine, which will lose patent protection in April 1994.

Mr. Sweig said Seldane was facing fierce competition from Schering Plough's new nonsedating antihistamine called Claritin, which was introduced on May 1.

If the person experiences an allergic reaction, he should use a prescription nasal spray or saline spray and one of the new nonsedating antihistamines (available only by prescription) to control symptoms.

As a "nonsedating" antihistamine, loratadine causes less (but still significant, in some cases) sedation and psychomotor retardation than the older antihistamines because it penetrates the blood/brain barrier to a smaller extent.

Dr. Varadarajulu said one of the newer nonsedating oral antihistamines is the treatment of first choice, though patients often need twice the standard dose, taking the drug every 12 hours rather than once a day.

Mr. Clinton fights allergies with desensitization shots that he takes every week, a nonsedating antihistamine and decongestant drug, Claritin-D, and an anti-inflammatory steroid nasal spray, called Nasalide.

Loratadine was introduced as a non-sedating second generation antihistamine in the 1990s.

The non-sedating antihistamine loratidine had no effect on any of the measures studied.

SL-651,498 has been suggested for development as a novel non-sedating anxiolytic drug for humans, although it is still only at an early stage of research.

Non-sedating oral antihistamines (cetirizine, loratadine) are worth taking but will not completely stop a reaction.

Terfenadine, the first non-sedating antihistamine, had to be withdrawn from the market because of the small risk of a serious side effect.

So if you want a medication that won't make you prone to skipping workouts, choose one of the non-sedating medications.

Marion Merrill Dow makes a non-sedating prescription allergy pill.

Non-sedating formula - contains no antihistamines.

Non-sedating H1-antihistamines (especially for delayed pressure urticaria)

For many years, I got prescriptions for a second-generation, once-a-day, non-sedating antihistamine.

Mizolastine (Mizollen) is a once daily, non-sedating antihistamine.

Unlike most barbiturates, it has little or no sedative effects, instead acting as a non-sedating anxiolytic and antidepressant.

Mercer concluded that every $1 spent on non-sedating antihistamines yielded a $3.07 return to employers, due to increased productivity and reduced accident costs.

Non-sedating antihistamines may be helpful for CFS patients.

Rupatadine is a non-sedating antihistamine.

It's considered a minimally sedating antihistamine, unlike Allegra and Claritin, which are non-sedating.

A potent mix of non-sedating antihistamines, steroid sprays, and eyedrops help target today's stepped-up symptoms.

The non-sedating type are sometimes helpful and with less side effects, but are often expensive, eg. terfenadine, loratidine, cetirizine.

Levocetirizine is called a non-sedating antihistamine as it does not enter the brain in significant amounts, and is therefore unlikely to cause drowsiness.

With all the good non-sedating antihistamines, excellent nasal sprays for hay fever and dramatic new drugs for asthma, there is no reason to panic.

Review December 2001 Desloratadine /(Neoclarityn) is a non-sedating antihistamine.

Eye drops, nose spray and non-sedating antihistamines can relieve symptoms temporarily, but taking it an hour before exposure can decrease symptom severity.

Hundreds of millions of people have taken Seldane, a non-sedating antihistamine, for 11 years to relieve the sneezing and runny nose from allergy.

If your child has environmental allergies consider using a non-sedating antihistamine such as loratadine (Claritin), or desloratadine (Aerius).

Do not take the non-sedating antihistamines such as astemizole (Hismanal) or terfenadine (Seldane) while you are on this medication.