Please stop antihistamines:
5 days prior to your appointment.


If you are unable to be off your antihistamines for this period you can keep your appointment as a consult only (no skin testing). 

Make sure to check the ingredient list for generic/store brand allergy medicines, which may have other names on the label (e.g. Alavert = Loratadine).

DO NOT STOP Asthma medications including inhalers and Singulair/Montelukast – see separate document for other medications that do not need to be stopped for testing. If you have questions about a medication not found on either list or concerns about stopping a medication on this list, please call the office.       

  • Anything PM or Cold & Sinus (check ingredient list, likely contains antihistamine)       

  • Anti-nausea medications (such as Dramamine) and sleep aids (such as Unisom) may contain antihistamine, check ingredient list.

  • Actifed (check ingredient list, may contain antihistamine)

  •  Alaway

  • Alcaftadine

  • Allegra/Allegra-D

  • Allerclear

  • Allerfex

  • Allertec

  • Astelin

  • Astepro

  • Atarax       

  • Azelastine

  • Benadryl       

  • Bepreve              

  • Brompheniramine  

  • Carbinoxamine       

  • Cetirizine       

  • Chlorpheniramine    

  • Chlor-trimeton        

  • Claritin/Claritin-D       

  • Clarinex       

  • Clemastine       

  • Contac (check ingredient list, may contain antihistamine)       

  • Cyproheptadine    

  • Dayquil (read ingredient list, may contain antihistamine)      

  • Desloratadine      

  • Dexbrompheniramine       

  • Dimenhydrinate     

  • Dimetapp (read ingredient list, may contain antihistamine       

  • Diphenhydramine       

  • Doxepin       

  • Doxylamine        

  • Drixoral        

  • Dymista        

  • Elestat      

  • Fexofenadine        

  • Hydroxyzine        

  • Ketotifen 

  • Lastacaft      

  • Levocetirizine       

  • Loratadine

  • Mirtazapine       

  • Nyquil (check ingredient list, may contain antihistamine)       

  • Olopatadine        

  • Optivar      

  • Pataday       

  • Patanase       

  • Patanol       

  • Periactin       

  • Phenergan

  • Pheniramine      

  • Promethazine (Promethegan)        

  • Quercetin       

  • Tavist       

  • Triaminic (check ingredient list, may contain antihistamine        

  • Triprolidine       

  • Vistaril        

  • Vitamin C doses more than 500mg/day (Airborne, Emergen-C, etc.)        

  • Xyzal       

  • Zaditor        

  • Zymine      

  • Zyrtec/Zyrtec-D