Allegra Going Over-The-Counter March 2011!

For allergy sufferers, the prescription anti-histamine, Allegra, will be going over-the-counter on March 4, 2011.

And not just Allegra, but the full family of Allegra including those formulations for kids as well as Allegra-D which contains sudafed.

Click here for more info.

Allegra joins claritin and zyrtec which also used to be prescriptions but went over-the-counter in 2003 and 2007 respectively.

Allergy Medications Explained

A new webpage has been posted going over the different types of allergy medications in the market today. Given that there is plenty of information on the internet on the science behind how these medications work, the webpage does not go into the pharmacodynamics and pharmacokinetics, but rather uses terms hopefully a layperson can understand.

Furthermore, small useful tidbits of info are given including differences between allegra and allegra-D not only in terms of medical benefit but also cost as well as why it's OK to take several different types of allergy medications at the same time.

Click here to check it out!