What types of medicines can I take for nasal allergies?
Use the chart below to find the kind of medicine you're taking or thinking about taking.
The chart lists the most common types of medications used to treat symptoms of nasal allergies.
Allergy Medications
Antihistamines brand generic Optimine azatadine Dimetane (OTC) brompheniramine Reactine, Zyrtec cetirizine Chlor-Trimeton (OTC) chlorpheniramine Tavist (OTC) clemastine Periactin cyproheptadine Polaramine dexchlorpheniramine Benadryl (OTC), Benadryl Allergy, Various diphenhydramine Allegra fexofenadine Atarax, Vistaril hydroxyzine Claritin loratadine Nolahist phenindamine Phenergan promethazine Pyribenzamine (PBZ) tripelennamine Decongestants brand generic Vicks Vatronol ephedrine (Available OTC as nasal spray or drops) Afrin, Dristan Long-acting, Neo-Synephrine Maximum Strength, Vicks Sinex Long-Lasting, 4-Way Long Lasting oxymetazoline (Available OTC as nasal spray or drops) Dristan Fast-Acting, Neo-Synephrine (pediatric, mild, regular, and extra strength formulas), Vicks Sinex phenylephrine (Available OTC as nasal spray or drops) Drixoral Non-Drowsy, Sudafed, Children's Sudafed pseudoephedrine (OTC) AntihistamineDecongestant brand generic Dimetapp, Vicks Dayquil brompheniramine, phenylpropanolamine Triaminic chlorpheniramine, phenylpropanolamine Allerest, Chlor-Trimetron, Contac, Sudafed Plus chlorpheniramine, pseudoephedrine Tavist-D clemastine, phenylpropanolamine Drixoral Cold and Allergy dexbrompheniramine, phenylpropanolamine Benedryl Decongestant diphenhydramine, pseudoephedrine Actifed triprolidine, pseudoephedrine AntihistamineDecongestant brand generic Allegra-D fexofenadine, pseudoephedrine Claritin-D loratadine, pseudoephedrine Intranasal Corticosteroids brand generic Beconase, Vancenase beclomethasone Rhinocort budesonide Nasarel, Nasalide flunisolide Flonase fluticasone Nasonex mometasone furoate Nasacort triamcinolone Cromolyn sodium-intranasal brand generic Nasalcrom cromolyn sodium* New antihistamine medications are being brought onto the market all the time. This list is a sampling of some of the antihistamines available.