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Buy Claritin
If you are buying Claritin for the first time, start with a small amount to make sure that Claritin works for you and then order more later.
If you have been taking Claritin for a while and will continue to take it regularly, buy as much Claritin as you can at once.
Our drug store offer discounted prices when you buy Claritin in large quantities. Plus, you won't have to worry about refills for a while.
Claritin
Claritin tablets contain the active ingredient loratadine, which is a type of medicine called a non-sedating antihistamine.
It relieves the symptoms of hayfever (sneezing, runny nose, and itchy, watery eyes), and can also treat hives and associated itching of the skin.
Loratadine works by preventing the actions of histamine.
Histamine is a substance produced by the body as part of its defence mechanisms.
It is stored in cells called mast cells, in almost all tissues of the body.
When the body reacts to a foreign substance (known as an allergen), the mast cells stimulated by the allergen release their stores of histamine.
The released histamine then binds to its receptors (H1 receptors), causing a chain reaction that results in allergic symptoms.
It causes an increase in blood flow to the area of the allergy, and the release of other chemicals that add to the allergic response.
All this results in the symptoms of an allergic reaction.
In hayfever, histamine causes inflammation of the nose, eyes, skin or airways and results in itchy watery eyes, a runny nose,
sneezing and nasal congestion.
Claritin works by blocking histamine H1 receptors.
It does not prevent the actual release of histamine from mast cells, but prevents it binding to its receptors.
This in turn prevents the release of other allergy chemicals and increased blood supply to the area, and provides relief from the typical symptoms
of hayfever.
Claritin can also be used to relieve the symptoms of a condition called chronic idiopathic urticaria.
This is a chronic itchy rash, similar to nettle rash, but with no apparant cause.
Blocking the actions of histamine relieves the itching and reduces the rash associated with this condition.
Loratadine is called a non-sedating antihistamine as it does not enter the brain in significant amounts, and is therefore unlikely to cause drowsiness.
Dosage
Adults and children 6 years of age and over: The recommended dose of Claritin is one 10 mg tablet once a day.
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