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  1. #1
    BellyBelly Life Subscriber

    Feb 2006
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    URGENT- antihistimene question

    so DD has hives, the areas keep moving, she keeps waking up itchy
    the only antihistimine i have is in painstop night... if it gets bad can i give that to her??

  2. #2
    BellyBelly Member

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    i cant see why not hun- have you got any dimetapp or claratyine???
    maybe ring nurse on call to check!!!
    mwah

  3. #3
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    Mar 2006
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    yes. it will assist in relieving the issue for her. I'd give the smallest amount for her size as per packet instructions. do you know what has caused the hives?

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    Has she had the pain stop before? I'm not familiar with it....... what's in it? If it was me and DD had taken it before, it had an antihistamine in it, i would give it to my child to relive the symptoms of hives. Are you sure it's hives btw?

  5. #5
    BellyBelly Life Subscriber

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    thanks det!
    MG no idea what caused them, im not sure it is, im sure its not bites though, the areas keep moving
    JM is pain relief with codiene and antihistimine in it,

    i have dimetapp and demezin for kids but they dont have antihistimines in them do they?

  6. #6
    BellyBelly Member

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    i am positive dimetapp does!!!
    i have used it for hives with my kids!
    but then again i have no medical background
    hugs

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    Dimetapp contains brompheniramine and pseudoephedrine. Brompheniramine is an antihistamine.
    from some random drug website....

  8. #8
    BellyBelly Life Subscriber

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    cool thanks det and JM, just found the dimetapp, will give her that if i need to

  9. #9
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    Dimetapp is a combination preparation marketed to relieve symptoms of the common cold, manufactured by Wyeth. It contains brompheniramine (an antihistamine)
    Along with some other stuff.

    But don't give it if you've already given the pain stop.

    BW

  10. #10
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    Mar 2006
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    demazin does but less than half the dose of pain stop. I know if dimetapp does.

    Olive, what makes you think they are hives? I'd be disinclined to give anything without knowing the cause

  11. #11
    BellyBelly Life Subscriber

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    MG they came up suddenly after her bath, nothing eaten or done out of the ordinary today, the skin is red with white raised bumps, the areas go down then move to another area, mainly on arms and legs