Allergy Tablets and Pregnancy: What Expecting Moms Should Know
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You may need to keep taking allergy medication during pregnancy. Stopping allergy medication that is necessary for your health has the potential to endanger both you and your baby. Still, it's smart to be concerned about how allergy & hay fever tablets might affect your growing baby. Different allergy & hay fever tablets carry different risks.
Your comfort is also important, especially during pregnancy when your body is going through so many important changes. Allergies can cause miserable symptoms, and allergy medication can help keep these symptoms at bay.
This article looks at the safety and use of different allergy medications including allergy & hay fever tablets during pregnancy.
Ways To Reduce the Need for Allergy & Hayfever Tablets
If you suffer from allergies on a regular basis, it might not be possible to avoid taking allergy tablets during pregnancy. But there are things you can do to prevent and reduce symptoms, so you don’t have to take allergy medication as often, this includes:
· Avoiding triggers.
· Using non-medicated saline nasal sprays.
· Trying nasal irrigation to rinse out the nasal passage.
Treating Allergies During Pregnancy
It’s important to remember that some OTC drugs can harm your baby. Certain ones can interfere with your baby's development. Others have been known to cause birth defects or increase the risk of miscarriage. Options for allergy medication include certain antihistamines, decongestants, and nasal sprays. If you’ve already started taking allergy jabs, you should be able to continue them. If you're pregnant, always talk to your GP before starting, stopping, or continuing any prescription or OTC allergy drug.
Over-The-Counter Allergy & Hay fever Tablets
To manage mild allergy symptoms, your GP might recommend an allergy & hay fever tablet antihistamine. For most women, antihistamines like the ones listed below are safe to take during pregnancy:
· Benadryl Allergy Relief Caps [GSL] 12S
· Benadryl Plus Capsules Allg/Relief 12S
· Piriteze Allergy Tabs 10MG 7s
· Alavert
· Zyrtec Allergy
Other OTC Allergy Medications
For moderate to severe symptoms, your healthcare provider might also recommend a nonprescription corticosteroid spray at the lowest effective dose, in addition to an allergy & hay fever tablet antihistamine. Options include Rhinocort Allergy and Flonase Allergy Relief nasal sprays.
Pearl Chemist Group carries a wide range of allergy medication to help give you quick relief from sneezing, coughing, itchy eyes, sore throat, and congestion. Shop online or at any of our South London branches today!
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