Reminder: If you are requiring allergy skin testing or a specialized test, some medications limit test accuracy. If medically possible, you must refrain from certain medications one week prior to the test date. Please speak to our nursing team if there are any questions about medications you are currently taking- prior to your appointment.
There are numerous medications, including some Anti-Depressant medication that interfere with testing and should not be stopped due to the nature of the drugs. Please check with your physician or pharmacist if you have any questions about specific drugs not listed below.
WARNING: Some sleep aids, cough and cold medications and heartburn medications may have antihistamines. Please read the packaging carefully.
⛔Stop these medications 7 days prior:
AccuHist Karbinal ER (Carbinoxamine)
Actifed Kronofed-A
Advil PM Marax (Hydroxyzine)
Alavert Meclizine
Allegra (Fexofenadine) NyQuil (Doxylamine)
Antivert (Meclizine) Pepcid (Famotidine)
Atarax(Hydroxyzine) Phenergan (Promethazine)
Atrohist RyVent (Carbinoxamine)
Axid (Nizatidine) Rynatan
Benadryl (*3 days) Semprex D
Bromfed Tagamet (Cimetidine)
Claritin (Loratadine) Tavist
Clarinex (Desloratadine) Temaril (Alimemazine)
Chlor-Trimeton Triaminic
Dayhist (Clemastine) Trinalin (Azatadine)
Dramamine (Dimenhydrinate) Tylenol PM
Dimetapp Vistaril (Hydroxyzine)
Elestat Xyzal (Levocetirizine)
Flexeril (muscle relaxer) Zantac (Ranitidine)
Hispril (Diphenylpyraline) Zyrtec
⛔Stop these nasal sprays / eye drops 7 days prior:
Afrin Optivar (Azelastine)
Astelin Nasal Spray Pataday
Astepro Patanase
Bepreve Patanol
Dymista Zaditor (eye drops)
🙂Okay to continue:
Antibiotics Nasalcrom
Atrovent Prednisone
Accolate (Zafirlukast) Prelone
Azmacort (Triamcinolone) Singulair (Montelukast)
Aciphex Sudafed (Pseudoephedrine)
Cromolyn Theophylline
Gualifed Zicam
Humibid (Guaifenesin) Zyflo (Zileuton)
Medrol (corticosteroids)
Motrin
🙂Nasal Steroids:
Flonase (Fluticasone) Nasalide
Qnasl Nasacort
Nasonex
Xhance
🙂Inhaled Asthma Steroids / Bronchodilators:
Aerobid Dulera
Aerospan Flovent (Fluticasone)
Advair ProAir
Asmanex Pulmicort
Albuterol Qvar
Alvesco Symbicort
Beclovent Ventolin
Breo Xopenex HFA
Breztri
🙂SSRI Antidepressants:
Celexa (Citalopram Hydrobromide) Paxil (Paroxetine)
Effexor (Venlafaxine) Prozac (Fluoxetine)
Lexapro Zoloft (Sertraline)
🙂Antacids:
Nexium (Esomeprazole) Prilosec (Omeprazole)
Prevacid (Lansoprazole) Protonix – Pantoprazole
**On some occasions, even if you have avoided the above medications, the physician may decide that a blood test would be indicated before allergy testing is preformed.
