zxcvbob wrote:
> Julia Altshuler wrote:
>
>> Christine Dabney wrote:
>>
>>> Take Benadryl.
>>
>>
>>
>> And remember that Benedryl makes most people too drowsy to drive.
>>
>>
>> This thread reminds me of a similar one on another usenet group. The
>> original poster wrote in with some symptoms. The regulars talked it
>> over and concluded (concluded as much as regulars on usenet groups
>> ever agree on anything) that the op was having an allergic reaction
>> and suggested Benedryl. The op got back to us with an update.
>>
>>
>> She'd gone to the pharmacy, taken Benedryl right there, and gone to a
>> club meeting afterwards. She used some sort of expression like
>> "swigged it down" that indicated to me that she hadn't measured
>> exactly. She then described feeling worse at the club meeting,
>> deciding to drive herself to an emergency clinic, driving off the road
>> on the way, being unharmed, and going home.
>>
>>
>> The rest of the regulars reading this report expressed sympathy. My
>> reaction was a little different. I was outraged. (And this is where
>> I get amused that people on this usenet group think I'm polite.
>> Everyone over there hated me. I was too outspoken.) I wondered how
>> anyone could be so stupid as to not know that Benedryl would make them
>> drowsy. The warnings are all over the box! It was one thing that she
>> thought so little of endangering her own life, but once you get behind
>> the wheel of the car, you're endangering everyone else's too.
>
>
>
> Benedryl doesn't make me drowsy, but I'm an exception. Actifed OTOH
> knocks me out.

I have allergies in the spring and I used to get many many colds when I
was in high school. Actifed used to be formulatd differently, I think,
because it was the only thing that would knock out the sinus pressure,
but sometimes I'd fall asleep during 2nd period.

> I agree that people should know that /all/ antihistamines make you
> drowsy until you know otherwise about that particular one. Even
> Claritin and whatever others claim they are non-drowsy formulas -- until
> you've taken it once or twice, assume it will put you to sleep.
>
> But people are stupid. Even you and I are stupid occasionally; it's
> part of being human. You don't have to have any sympathy, but cut her a
> little slack. It's better for your blood pressure.
>
> Best regards,
> Bob


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