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What Causes Excessive Sleepiness And Drowsiness While On Allegra?

I take 24 hour, 180 mg Allegra every morning before I eat cold cereal for breakfast. I prepare an 11 oz. glass of water and grape juice, half & half. I take one teaspoon of Benefiber, one teaspoon of Real Fruit Pectin, Centrum Silver multi-vitamin, 1200 mg fish oil, 250 mg of vitamin C, and 81 mg aspirin. I weigh 155 pounds. I get 7 to 8 hours of sleep at night. At mid-morning I am drowsy and often fall asleep. After my noon meal, I need a 60 minute nap so I can concentrate on reading material. I am guessing that I need to reduce the dosage of Allegra to 30 mg to see if that is adequate to stop coughing on post nasal drip, and sneezing. If 30 mg is inadequate, then increase to 60 mg, etc. until I get a good compromise on the dosage I need. What do you think? Thanks for accepting this message. Jim C
Mon, 25 Sep 2017
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hello there welcome to healthcare magic.
Thanks for your query.

allergra contains fexofenadine. which is 1st generation antihistaminic which causes excessive drowsiness. you need to change it to 3rd generation like Montek LC once at night.

you need to get your thyroid profile test done once to rule out hypothyroidism.

consume warm water along with lemon and honey every morning. and only warm water with ginger and turmeric powder before sleeping at night which wil improve your allergy in long run.

I hope that solves your query.
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What Causes Excessive Sleepiness And Drowsiness While On Allegra?

hello there welcome to healthcare magic. Thanks for your query. allergra contains fexofenadine. which is 1st generation antihistaminic which causes excessive drowsiness. you need to change it to 3rd generation like Montek LC once at night. you need to get your thyroid profile test done once to rule out hypothyroidism. consume warm water along with lemon and honey every morning. and only warm water with ginger and turmeric powder before sleeping at night which wil improve your allergy in long run. I hope that solves your query.