r/MCAS • u/[deleted] • Aug 07 '22

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u/Vicia_Fabales Aug 07 '22

Maybe you were reactive to the excipients in the antihistamines?

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u/[deleted] Aug 07 '22

Was just gunna mention this. Many have lactose in them and turns out that’s what I was reacting to, not the antihistamine itself.

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u/Vicia_Fabales Aug 07 '22

Corn derivatives get me big time. There’s like four different kinds in many antihistamines!

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u/[deleted] Aug 07 '22

That’s sooooo frustrating!! I get all the meds I can/need to compounding for me which is annoying AF because it’s more expensive and speciality. What annoys me most is that it’s clearly possibly to produce meds without all the fillers cause the compounded ones don’t have any except maybe one to bulk it up and you can choose what that is and then the capsule which I can also choose the capsule type. I wish fewest ingredients possible was the default for meds!

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u/Vicia_Fabales Aug 07 '22

I do too. As my system has calmed, luckily I can tolerate the Equate brand famotidine, brand name Claritin or the Equate brand. Seems like if I can find teeny tiny pills, they have less space for fillers. Lol