The CLARINEX® Family
CLARINEX®
(desloratadine) 5 mg Tablets
Help take back the morning with
CLARINEX®.
CLARINEX® Tablets provides
nondrowsy 24-hour relief from allergy symptoms caused by seasonal allergens
such as ragweed, grass, and tree pollens and year-round allergens such as dust
mites, animal dander, and mold spores. Taken once-a-day,
CLARINEX® provides effective relief from the
symptoms of seasonal and year-round allergies, as well as hives of unknown
cause, in adults and children age 12 years and older.
CLARINEX-D® 12
HOUR (desloratadine 2.5 mg/pseudoephedrine sulfate, USP 120 mg) Extended
Release Tablets
Help take back control with new
CLARINEX-D® 12 HOUR Extended Release
Tablets.
The recommended twice-daily dosing of
CLARINEX-D® 12 HOUR will help seasonal
allergy patients 12 years and older control their nasal congestion, along with
their sneezing, runny nose, itchy throat, or itchy and watery eyes, in the
morning and throughout the day.
CLARINEX-D® 24
HOUR (desloratadine 5 mg/pseudoephedrine sulfate, USP 240 mg) Extended Release
Tablets
What do allergy sufferers really want?
To wake up with their symptoms under control.
CLARINEX-D® 24 hour provides
powerful morning congestion relief for moderate-to-severe patients, even after
yesterday's AM dose! CLARINEX-D® 24 hour is
a prescription extended release antihistamine/decongestant in a convenient
once-daily dose, for use by adults and children age 12 years and older with
seasonal allergies.
CLARINEX®
(desloratadine) 2.5 mg, 5 mg Reditabs®
CLARINEX®
Reditabs® formulation offers allergy
sufferers a convenient treatment option for their allergies.
CLARINEX®
Reditabs® are tablets that disintegrate
orally, are taken once daily for 24-hour relief, and now come in a "tutti
frutti" flavor. This convenient formulation is available in both a 2.5 mg
dose for patients 6 years and older and a 5 mg dose for patients 12 years and
older, and is effective for the treatment of allergy symptoms caused by both
perennial indoor and seasonal outdoor allergens and chronic idiopathic
urticaria (CIU), or hives of unknown cause.
CLARINEX®
(desloratadine) 0.5 mg per 1 mL Syrup
Help your kids take back the morning with
CLARINEX® Syrup.
CLARINEX® Syrup is a
bubblegum-flavored syrup that helps block most histamine receptors - whether
your kids' allergies are indoors, outdoors, or both. And because your kids can
wake up with their symptoms under control,
CLARINEX® can help them take back the
morning. CLARINEX® helps fight indoor
allergy symptoms even for kids as young as 6 months and outdoor allergy
symptoms in kids as young as 2 years.
CLARINEX®, a prescription medication, treats year-round allergy symptoms and ongoing hives of unknown cause, in adults and children 6 months and older, and seasonal allergy symptoms in patients 2 years and older. CLARINEX® 5 mg Tablets and 5 mg RediTabs® Tablets are approved for patients 12 years and older; CLARINEX® 2.5 mg RediTabs® Tablets are approved for patients 6 to 11 years; CLARINEX® Syrup is approved for patients 6 months and older.
Twice-daily CLARINEX-D® 12 HOUR Extended Release Tablets and once-daily CLARINEX-D® 24 HOUR Extended Release Tablets treat the symptoms of seasonal allergies, including nasal congestion, in patients 12 years and older.
IMPORTANT SAFETY INFORMATION
CLARINEX® Tablets side effects in patients 12 years and older were similar to placebo and included sore throat, dry mouth, and fatigue for seasonal and year-round allergy patients, and headache, nausea, and fatigue for patients with ongoing hives of unknown cause.
CLARINEX® Syrup side effects in children 6 to 11 years were similar to placebo. For children 6 months to 5 years, syrup side effects varied by age and included fever, diarrhea, upper respiratory infection, irritability, and coughing.
Due to their pseudoephedrine component, CLARINEX-D® 12 HOUR Extended Release Tablets and CLARINEX-D® 24 HOUR Extended Release Tablets should not be taken by patients with narrow-angle glaucoma (abnormally high eye pressure), difficulty urinating, severe high blood pressure, or severe heart disease, or by patients who have taken a monoamine oxidase (MAO) inhibitor within the past fourteen (14) days. Patients with high blood pressure; diabetes; heart disease; increased intraocular pressure (eye pressure); thyroid, liver or kidney problems; or enlarged prostate should check with their healthcare provider before taking CLARINEX-D® 12 HOUR Extended Release Tablets or CLARINEX-D® 24 HOUR Extended Release Tablets.
Care should be used if CLARINEX-D® 12 HOUR Extended Release Tablets or CLARINEX-D® 24 HOUR Extended Release Tablets are taken with other antihistamines or decongestants because combined effects on the cardiovascular system may be harmful. The most commonly reported adverse events for CLARINEX-D® 12 HOUR Extended Release Tablets were insomnia, headache, dry mouth, fatigue, drowsiness, sore throat, and dizziness. The most commonly reported adverse events for CLARINEX-D® 24 HOUR Extended Release Tablets were dry mouth, headache, insomnia, fatigue, sore throat, and drowsiness.
Click here for important CLARINEX® Tablets/Syrup/RediTabs® Product Information.
Click here for important CLARINEX-D® 12 HOUR Product Information.
Click here for important CLARINEX-D® 24 HOUR Product Information.
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