Allergy, Asthma, & Immunology

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  • Michael J. Reid, M.D.
  • Janel Liverato, PA-C
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  • Allergy Skin Testing
  • Asthma
  • Contact Dermatitis
       (Patch Testing)
  • Food Allergies
  • Frequent Cold
  • General Immune Support
  • Pet & Dust Mites
  • Seasonal Allergies
  • Sinus Infections
  • Skin Rash
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• Medication to avoid for testing
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SKIN TESTING & MEDICATION USE

THE FOLLOWING ALLERGY MEDICATIONS MUST BE STOPPED 5 FULL DAYS PRIOR TO SKIN TESTING:
Oral antihistamines:

Alavert	Allegra	Atarax	Cetirizine	Clarinex
Claritin	Fexofenadine	Hydroxyzine	Loratadine	Pepcid (famotidine)
Vistaril	Walitin	Walzyr	Xyzal	Zantac (ranitidine)
Zyrtec

Any generic or other brand variations of the above medications

THE FOLLOWING ALLERGY MEDICATIONS MUST BE STOPPED 3 FULL DAYS PRIOR TO SKIN TESTING:
Overt the counter oral antihistamines:
Brompheniramine (Bromfed, Dimetapp Cold & Allergy, Robitussin Allergy & Cough)
Chlorpheniramine (Actifed Cold & Allegy, Chlor-Trimeton, Deconamine, Rondec, Singlet)
Clemastine (Tavist Allergy)
Dimenhydrinate (Dramamine Original)
Diphenhydramine (Benadryl Allergy, Nytol, Sominex)
Doxylamine (Vicks NyQuil, Alka-Seltzer Plus Night-Time Cold Medicine)
Any generic or other brand variations of the above medications

Prescription oral antihistamines:

Acrivastive (Semprex-D)	Carbinoxamine (Palgic)	Cyproheptadine
Dexchlorpheniramine	Tripolidine (Tripohist)

Nasal Antihistamines (nasal sprays):

Azelastine nasal (Astelin, Astepro)

Dymista

Olopatadine nasal (Patanase)

* Please continue taking your nasal steroids (Nasonex, Flonase, Omnaris, Rhinocort, Nasacort, etc.,)

Optic Antihistamines (Eye drops):

Elestat	Emadine	Naphazoline ophth	Naphcon or Naphcon A	Opcon A
Optivar	Pataday	Patanol	Visine A (naphazoline ophth)

Any generic or other brand variations of the above medications

PLEASE ALSO STOP TAKING THE FOLLOWING MEDICATION 5 DAYS PRIOR TO TESTING: TRAZODONE


DO NOT STOP TAKING THE FOLLOWING MEDICATIONS:
Nasal corticosteroids: Nasonex, Flonase, Omnaris, Rhinocort, Nasacort, Veramyst, etc.
Inhaled corticosteroids: AeroBid, Alvesco, Asmanex, Azmacort, Flovent, Pulmicort, QVAR, etc.
Albuterol inhalers: ProAir, Proventil, Ventolin, Xopenex, etc.
Combination asthma inhalers: Advair, Symbicort, etc.
Other asthma/allergy medications: Singulair, Prednisone
Decongestants: psuedoephedrine (Sudafed), phenylephrine (Sudafed PE), guaifenesin (Mucinex)
It is also acceptable (but not recommended) to use Afrin decongestant prior to testing

Please continue any other prescribed medications for other medical conditions. If you have any questions or need any clarification regarding your medications, please do not hesitate to call us at: 415-788-4128