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Regarding sneezing
Dear sir
I work in pharmaceutical company ...I get sneezing every 3-4 days with a runny nose .. I take levocetrizine 5 MG at night and i feel fine ...
I wanted to ask :- if I take SOS levocetrizine 5 MG then how long will it be safe for my liver and kidney???
Meaning for how long can I take it SOS ???
Or should I use some nasal spray instead ???
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It does not effect ur liver or kidney but dose needs to be adjusted in patients with kidney dysfunction
Rather than taking symptomatic treatment suggest to get work up done either X-ray or ct pns and serum ige levels
Correlating with time like in which environment work place or home is triggering
Any allergens provoking those things should be taken care of
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Work up imaging allergy panel
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Be cautious on over using cetrizine in kidney disease
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Dr. Sivaraj Karri
Pulmonologist
10 yrs exp
Kakinada
First identify the reason for frequent allergic rhinitis
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Dr. A Raja Prasanna Kumar
Pulmonologist
46 yrs exp
Hyderabad
Levocetrizine 10 mg, may be used. Can be taken for 2 to 3 weeks continuously.. can be taken sos as per the symptoms. Pl consult.
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Dr. Kirubanandam Arularasan
Pulmonologist
9 yrs exp
Thanjavur
You might be having allergic rhinitis. There are better medicines/ nasal spray are available in market as u know. Better consult with Pulmonologist/ENT specialist and change ur medicines.
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absolute eosinophils counts
x ray PNS to rule of sinusitis
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Dr. Vivek Gautam
Pulmonologist
12 yrs exp
Greater Noida
it depends on the cause..kindly connect..just levocetrizine alone shouldn't be continued
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