Posted by KaraS on July 2, 2004, at 13:47:58
In reply to Itching while taking Zonegran or tricyclics?, posted by SLS on July 2, 2004, at 13:16:46
Scott,
Sounds like cholinergic urticaria. Your body produces a histamine response to the heat. Do you also get this reaction when you exercise? That's when I usually get it though I have occassionly gotten it from a very hot shower. I didn't get it when I took a small amount of doxepin. (Though doxepin is a tricyclic it has antihistaminic effects.) Now, an hour before I exercise I take Zyrtec and I don't have the problem but it's definitely a nuisance and I hate the fact that I need to take it!
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