How do you take Telfast?
How do you take Telfast?
How do you take Telfast?
The recommended dose is one tablet (180 mg) daily. Take your tablet with water before a meal. This medicine starts to relieve your symptoms within 1 hour and lasts for 24 hours. If you take too many tablets, contact your doctor or the nearest hospital emergency department immediately.
Should I take Telfast before or after food?
Take Telfast with a glass of water. It may be taken with or without food. For the relief of the symptoms of hayfever, the usual dosage for adults and children over 12 years of age is one Telfast 180mg tablet daily when required.
Can I take Telfast twice a day?
For the relief of the symptoms of seasonal and perennial allergic rhinitis the usual dosage for adults and children over 12 years is one Telfast 60mg tablet twice daily, when required. Do not take more than the recommended dose and remember, this medicine is for you.
Can I take Telfast at night?
As well as taking a non-drowsy antihistamine during the day (such as fexofenadine, cetirizine or loratadine), your doctor may suggest that you take a sedating antihistamine at night time if the itching is making it difficult to sleep. Do not take 2 antihistamines together unless your doctor advises you to.
How fast does Telfast work?
Telfast works within 1 hour of taking the recommended dosage.
Is Telfast a strong antihistamine?
How does Telfast 180mg work? Telfast 180mg is the highest strength of Telfast available – it contains 180mg of the active ingredient fexofenadine hydrochloride (HCl). This is a fast-acting antihistamine shown to relieve the symptoms of hayfever allergies, without causing drowsiness.
How quickly does Telfast work?
How quickly does Telfast start working? Telfast works within 1 hour of taking the recommended dosage.
How long does it take for Telfast to take effect?
Should you take antihistamines in the morning or at night?
So taking your 24-hour allergy medications before going to bed means that you’ll get the maximum effect when you need it the most. “Taking your allergy medication at night assures that it will be circulating in your blood stream when you most need it, early the next morning,” Martin says in a news release.
Can you take Telfast long term?
Conclusions: These two long-term studies demonstrate that fexofenadine, at doses up to 240mg once daily for up to 12 months in healthy volunteers, is safe and well tolerated.
Who should not take Telfast?
Do not take Telfast if you have had an allergic reaction allergy to fexofenadine, terfenadine or any of the other ingredients in Telfast. These are listed at the end of this leaflet. Do not give Telfast 60 mg, 120 mg or 180 mg tablets to children under 12 years of age.
Does Telfast help with blocked nose?
Telfast Decongestant is used to relieve the symptoms of seasonal and perennial allergic rhinitis (including hayfever) with sinus/nasal congestion. Symptoms include: nasal and sinus congestion.
How should I take Telfast?
Take Telfast with a glass of water. It may be taken with or without food. For the relief of the symptoms of hayfever, the usual dosage for adults and children over 12 years of age is one Telfast 180mg tablet daily when required.
What are the side effects of Telfast?
Although most people will not experience any, some of the side effects that may occur with Telfast are: headache tiredness nausea indigestion dizziness drowsiness
What are the ingredients in Telfast?
The inactive ingredients in TELFAST are: croscarmellose sodium, pregelatinised maize starch, microcrystalline cellulose, magnesium stearate, hypromellose, povidone, titanium dioxide, colloidal anhydrous silica, macrogol 400 and iron oxide. Telfast does not contain any gluten, lactose or preservatives.