Study: Clarinex Can Battle Morning Allergy Symptoms

Allergies are nothing to mess around with. The symptoms of winter allergies can come with a series of symptoms that keep you from work or kids from school. In fact, according to the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology, six million workdays and two million school days are lost every year in the U.S because of allergies.

Finding the right treatment

There isn’t a cure-all for allergies. There are a variety of over-the-counter and prescription medications that can ease symptoms, but it often takes trial and error methods to find the right treatment.

Symptoms are particularly bad in the morning for allergy sufferers. Congestion can often built up over night, which makes it tough to get up and get ready for the day.

Researchers set out find a treatment for the onslaught of morning allergy symptoms and found Clarinex to be an effective solution. With the help of 534 patients, researchers administered Clarinex or a placebo to the group and tracked their allergy symptoms for two weeks. The study showed patients taking Clarinex had a 62 percent decrease in morning allergy symptoms.

“In the study, patients taking once-daily Clarinex experienced relief of symptoms in the morning, starting with the first measured time period, 24 hours after the first dose, and also reported sustained improvements for the full 24-hour dosing period,” said Catherine Neukirch, M.D., Pulmonology and Allergology Dept. of Hopital Bichat, Paris, France and lead researcher.

About Clarinex

Clarinex is a non-sedating prescription antihistamine that provides 24-hour relief of allergies in adults and children.  The medication comes in a tablet or as bubblegum-flavored syrup for children as young as 6 months.

Side effects include sore throat, dry mouth and fatigue.

This allergy-fighting medication is available through eDrugstore.com.