Can a pregnant woman take Benadryl/antihistamine to treat an allergic reaction or help allergy induced asthma?

09 Feb 2010

9 Feb, 2010 woman get pregnant

If she is already taking inhaled steroid inhalers, regular inhalers, etc., is there anything else a pregnant woman can take to help allergic asthma and allergic reactions in serious cases? Can she take a small dose of an antihistamine such as Benadryl to help her get relief from symptoms?

Yes, both my midwife and OB said it was okay.
Well along with the paramedics when I had an allergic reaction.
>.<
I have horrible asthma and used my inhaler only when necessary, probably 10-15 times total my entire pregnancy, same with benedryl.
I found vicks and a humidifier REALLY helped, especcially in the third trimester, and that way she doesn’t have to take medicine.

You can talk to your midwife/OB, but they will probably tell you to weigh the risks/benefits.
I know for me, the baby needs oxygen, and when I start to go into anaphlaxes I need to take benedryl.

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6 Responses

Di
2010 Feb 09 1

I asked the pharmacist when I was pregnant. Or call the doctor. For the babies sake don’t take advice on here for the meds
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MadameXCupcake
2010 Feb 09 2

Yes, both my midwife and OB said it was okay.
Well along with the paramedics when I had an allergic reaction.
>.<
I have horrible asthma and used my inhaler only when necessary, probably 10-15 times total my entire pregnancy, same with benedryl.
I found vicks and a humidifier REALLY helped, especcially in the third trimester, and that way she doesn’t have to take medicine.

You can talk to your midwife/OB, but they will probably tell you to weigh the risks/benefits.
I know for me, the baby needs oxygen, and when I start to go into anaphlaxes I need to take benedryl.
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Sharee_Monique
2010 Feb 09 3

I believe in your laters months(6or7month) you can…I had the same problem around my 7th month of being pregnant and my doctor told me it was ok to take benadryl..you should call your doctor just to make sure its ok for you…hope you feel better..take care.
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Cynthia
2010 Feb 09 4

If her doctor says she can
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You’re asking us…we’re a bunch of Yahoo’s…
curlyQ
2010 Feb 09 5

Please call a 24-hour pharmacy now! If the pregnant woman is yourself, be sure to give the pharmacist a clear picture of your health. We cannot provide that for you here. Even if we were pharmacists (I’m not), it would be unethical.
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Kevin
2010 Feb 09 6

Benadryl is the trade name for Diphenhydramine hydrochloride it is also known with commercial names like Dimedrol and Nytol. It is one of the oldest anti histamines known as early as 1940.

Benadryl is classified in group B when it comes to safety in pregnancy . It means that there is sufficient experience of using this drug during pregnancy and it was not known to cause any problems. It has to be noted that Benadryl is not a group A drug where it can be termed as completely safe during pregnancy.
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http://wordpress.healasthma.com

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