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Loratadine - Can I Take More Than 10Mg A Day?

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hellywelly4 | 19:24 Sun 18th Aug 2019 | Body & Soul
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I’ve been bitten on my arm and it’s itching like mad. I had one tablet at about 10.00 this morning. Is it safe to have any more today?
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The rule says 10mgms /day.maximum.

In your situation I would take another 10mg tablet before you go to bed tonight.
I also would use hydrocortisone cream 1% on the bite threetimes a day.
Yes, another 10mg isn't going to hurt you.

However, if OTC anti-histamine isn't giving you sufficient relief you could ask your GP to prescribe Atarax 20mg which you should only take at bedtime.
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Thank you both very much. I will have another one when I go to bed. I’ve been using hydrocortisone cream as well but it’s so itchy!!
I get quite nasty bites too. Thew best thing I have found to use at bedtime when the itch seems to be at its worst is an icepack
brainiac, I don't find that helps at all
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I was advised my our scheme manager to see the doctor, and have made an appointment for 3.00. it's very swollen and still very, very itchy.
Do you know what bit you?
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Danny - no idea. No recollection of the blighter.
Make sure you don't have a 'bulls-eye' rash - Lyme Disease is, sadly, on the increase
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Thank you to everyone who has commented about this. The doctor has put me on antibiotics, a stronger antihistamine called Fexofenadine and has given me some stronger steroid cream. She also drew a line around my ‘poorly’ and said to go back if it spread out of that line. Fingers crossed! The itching is much less. In the chemist when I went to get the prescription, they had run out of ‘anti-itch’ cream as I think a lot of people have been bitten around here.

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