Allegra (fexofenadine) Treatment Report
Generic Name: Fexofenadine
What is Allegra?
Allegra (Fexofenadine) is an allergy medicine taken for seasonal allergies and hives, to relieve symptoms like itchy eyes, runny nose, and sneezing. Unlike some other allergy medication Allegra does not cause drowsiness and driving is not contraindicated.
Reasons taken & Efficacy
| Reasons taken | # of patients | Major | Moderate | Slight | None | Can’t tell | # of patients evaluated by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seasonal allergies | 11 |
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3 | ||
| Allergies | 8 | 0 | |||||
| Other | 3 |
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1 | ||||
| General health | 2 |
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1 | ||||
| Headaches | 2 | 0 | |||||
| Urticaria (hives) | 1 | 0 |
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Side Effects
Dosages
Stop Reasons
| Reason | # Patients | Percentage of patients | |
|---|---|---|---|
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Did not seem to work
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1 | 100% |
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Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼
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Patient Evaluations
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- pink1purple2
- Sex: F
- Sensation: Moderate
- Overall: Moderate
- Cognition: moderate
- Vision: moderate
- Speech: moderate
- Swallowing: moderate
- Upper limb: moderate
- Walking: moderate
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- pink1purple2
- 180 mg daily
- since Jul 13, 2009
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Efficacy
None
for Seasonal allergies
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Side Effects
None
- Advice/Tips I have been using over the counter Clairitin gel tab and it is working much better. See full evaluation
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- edawgg
- Sex: F
- Sensation: Moderate
- Overall: None
- Cognition: none
- Vision: none
- Speech: none
- Swallowing: none
- Upper limb: none
- Walking: none
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- edawgg
- 180 mg daily
- since Aug 24, 2008
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Efficacy
Moderate
for Other
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Side Effects
None
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- MSmary
- Sex: F
- Sensation: Severe
- Overall: Mild
- Cognition: moderate
- Vision: mild
- Speech: mild
- Swallowing: mild
- Upper limb: mild
- Walking: moderate
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- MSmary
- 180 mg daily
- since Aug 16, 2009
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Efficacy
Major
for Seasonal allergies
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Side Effects
Mild
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See all 5 patient evaluations
Report created on November 22, 2009.