I have taken allegra before but had not
taken it in years when I went
to my allergy doctor to get some relief
from constantly stinging eyes.
He prescribed allegra 180 mg (timed
release). I got home and took
one about 7 pm and about 3 in the morning
I woke up feeling horrible.
I was scared to death. I couldn't talk,
I felt like a boulder was
sitting on my chest and I couldn't
breathe, even though I was
breathing ok. My heard felt so funny I
can't explain it. My husband
checked my bp and it was 130/90 and my
pulse was 98. My pulse is
often pretty high but that was a little
higher than usual, especially
at night. It got so bad I started crying
because I thought something
very bad was about to happen to me. My
husband sat up with me and
watched me for hours and I finally got a
little better in an hour or
two but not much and now its 24 hours
later and i'm better but still
feel slightly heavy in the chest. I
called my allergy doctor and got
a quick "allegra does not have side
effects like that. Your episode
was not related to allegra. You should
stop taking it anyway and go
to your family doctor. Thank you and have
a nice day." it was an
obvious, we don't want to deal with you
type thing. I felt helpless.
I haven't made an appointment to see my
family doctor yet because I am
completely and totally convinced it was
the allegra. I have no
history of heart problems at all. I do
have diabetes but my doctors
all know this and I have taken allegra in
smaller doses before, but
they weren't timed release either.
Has anyone else had a problem similar to
this? Am I losing my mind
like my doctor obviously believes and
wouldn't see me?
Thank you,
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wakkochic17
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 01 Mar 2004 Posts: 494 Location: South Carolina
Posted: 07-28-04 23:36pm
It is my understanding there are very few
side effects with allegra.. But I do
understand it can raise some people's
blood pressure.. I wonder if it elevated
yours and that was what you were feeling..
Allegra is about the only allergy med
that works for me.. I wonder if it had
something to do with the time of day you
took it.. I say that because I have
trouble taking allergy meds before bed,
they keep me up and I don't sleep well..
I always have to take them in the morning
(unless I take benadryl or something like
that which knocks me out).
