can you take allergy medicine if you have copd?
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Taking an over-the-counter antihistamine may work for you. Medications such as diphenhydramine (Benadryl) and cetirizine (Zyrtec) can stop your immune response to allergy triggers in its track, potentially lessening breathing difficulties.
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Antihistamines can make allergy shots easier Taking an oral antihistamine (like Benadryl or Claritin) before each shot can help reduce side effects and reactions.
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If you or a loved one has COPD, there may be financial resources available. If your COPD causes you to be out of work for at least 12 months, then yes, you could qualify for Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI).
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Specifically, acupuncture therapy has been suggested and used to treat patients with COPD in China. It is reported that acupuncture may help relieve COPD by reducing bronchial immune-mediated inflammation and by promoting release of vascular and immunomodulatory factors.
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If you suffer from severe emphysema, you may be approved automatically for disability benefits if you either meet the Social Security Administration's (SSA) listing requirements for COPD (chronic pulmonary insufficiency), or if your doctor's restrictions on what you can do limit you so much that there are no jobs left ...
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Background: Furosemide is widely prescribed in patients with COPD for the treatment of peripheral edema. It is known that furosemide causes a metabolic alkalosis. A diminished chemoreceptor stimulation may cause a decreased alveolar ventilation. Design: Randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, crossover trial.
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For most people with COPD, short-acting bronchodilator inhalers are the first treatment used. Bronchodilators are medicines that make breathing easier by relaxing and widening your airways. There are 2 types of short-acting bronchodilator inhaler: beta-2 agonist inhalers – such as salbutamol and terbutaline.
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COPD is a progressive respiratory disease that makes it hard to breathe. However, when the researchers tested the breathing airflow out of the lungs in a group of these Veterans using an objective method called spirometry, they found no association between reported herbicide exposure and COPD.
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Antihistamines are the most common medication for allergies. Most of them seem to be safe if you have high blood pressure -- but again, ask to make sure. Don't take decongestants unless your doctor tells you otherwise. They may raise your blood pressure.
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Most allergy medicines should not be combined with one another, according to Dr. Susan Besser, a primary care provider at Mercy Medical Center in Baltimore, Maryland. “You should not take multiple oral antihistamines together, such as Benadryl, Claritin, Zyrtec, Allegra or Xyzal.
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Antibiotic choices for patients with uncomplicated COPD include an advanced macrolide (azithromycin, clarithromycin), a ketolide (telithromycin), a cephalosporin (cefuroxime, cefpodoxime or cefdinir), doxycycline or trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole.
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The American Lung Association (ALA) suggests that salt therapy may offer relief to certain COPD symptoms by thinning mucus and making it easier to cough up. That said, the ALA indicates that there are “no evidence-based findings to create guidelines for patients and clinicians about treatments such as salt therapy.”
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This group of diseases can include refractory (severe) asthma, emphysema and chronic bronchitis. Most people with asthma will not develop COPD, and many people with COPD don't have asthma. However, it's possible to have both. Asthma-COPD overlap syndrome (ACOS) occurs when someone has these two diseases at once.
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COPD symptoms can creep up gradually or be mistaken for something else, such as a cough, allergies, cold, flu, or other less serious ailments. If you have COPD, you have emphysema or chronic bronchitis, or—most often—both. Read on to find out more about the symptoms of COPD.
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While most inhalers are available on prescription only, some are available over the counter (OTC). However, a person with COPD should consult a doctor before trying an OTC inhaler. A range of inhalers is available for purchase online.
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There are a few options when it comes to taking an over the counter (OTC) medication to relieve symptoms of allergies that are safe to take with Adderall. Most antihistamines, such as Benadryl, Claritin and Zyrtec are safe to take.
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A doctor may prescribe the following inhaled steroids for COPD: beclomethasone (Qvar) budesonide (Pulmicort) ciclesonide (Alvesco)