Pediaclear Cough (diphenhydramine HCl)

USES: Diphenhydramine is an antihistamine used to relieve symptoms of allergy, hay fever, and the common cold. These symptoms include rash, itching, watery eyes, itchy eyes/nose/throat, cough, runny nose, and sneezing. It is also used to prevent and treat nausea, vomiting and dizziness caused by motion sickness.

Diphenhydramine can also be used to help you relax and fall asleep. This medication works by blocking a certain natural substance (histamine) that your body makes during an allergic reaction. Its drying effects on such symptoms as watery eyes and runny nose are caused by blocking another natural substance made by your body (acetylcholine).

Cough-and-cold products have not been shown to be safe or effective in children younger than 6 years. Do not use this product to treat cold symptoms in children younger than 6 years unless specifically directed by the doctor. Some products (such as long-acting tablets/capsules) are not recommended for use in children younger than 12 years.

Ask your doctor or pharmacist for more details about using your product safely. These products do not cure or shorten the length of the common cold and may cause serious side effects. To decrease the risk for serious side effects, carefully follow all dosage directions.

Do not use this product to make a child sleepy. Do not give other cough-and-cold medication that might contain the same or similar ingredients (see also Drug Interactions section). Ask the doctor or pharmacist about other ways to relieve cough and cold symptoms (such as drinking enough fluids, using a humidifier or saline nose drops/spray).

Generic name: diphenhydramine HCl
Pronunciation: (DYE-fen-HYE-dra-meen)

The following indications are listed for Pediaclear Cough:

• Allergic Conjunctivitis
• Allergic Reaction
• Allergic Rhinitis
• Anaphylaxis
• Cough
• Dermatographic Urticaria
• Idiopathic Parkinsonism
• Insomnia
• Motion Sickness
• Nasal Congestion
• Nausea
• Nausea And Vomiting
• Parkinsonism
• Pruritus Of Skin
• Sneezing
• Urticaria
• Vertigo
• Vomiting

Also known as: Agrypnia, Ahypnia, Allergy Eye Itch, Anaphylactic Reaction, Atopic Conjunctivitis, Autographism, Cnidosis, Dermatography, Dermographia, Dermographism, Dermography, Ebbecke's Reaction, Emesis, Factitious Urticaria, Itching Wheals, Itchy Eyes Due To Allergies, Itchy Skin Eruption, Nasal Stuffiness, Nettle Rash, Ocular Itching Due To Allergies, Paralysis Agitans, Primary Parkinson's Disease, Pruritic Dermatitis, Queasy, Riders' Vertigo, Severe Type I Hypersensitivity Reaction, Skin Writing, Trembling Palsy, Uredo, Urticaria Factitia, Urticarial Rash, Urtication, Vomit, Weal.

No ICD codes are available for this drug.