Antihistamine tablets for 12 year old?

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Hi,

My son has tree nut allergy and another mystery allergy which has not been identified. At the moment we carry epipens, inhalers, and liquid anithistamines (piriton and certirizine). However, he is about to turn 12 and I suddenly realised he could have antihistamine tablets, maybe? Or is there a reason to still carry liquids?

Thanks so much.

I dunno I find the liquids much more effective. I go through loads of tablets but the liquid lasts a while.

It's worth a shot perhaps.

Thanks, gamer. He doesn't really have to take them as a background thing, so it is more for emergency use.

I guess I'm thinking a little bit about what if his throat starts to close and he can't swallow a tablet. But I guess by that point you'd be wanting the epipen anyway.

We have such a huge rigid case for his emergency kit and I would LOVE to be able to carry something more like a pencil case (lighter! smaller!) but obviously that isn't really a good reason for switching to tablets.

yes, its easier for them to carry around a strip of antihistamine. if they can swallow a small tablet.

Good point. He doesn't usually have to swallow tablets so I will try him out on them in a non-emergency situation before changing the kit.

There are melting tablets as well that you can get. DS has these as we've gone through a similar thing now he's at secondary school. They're loratadine rather than cetirizine though.

DS has this now for his epipen and tablets, not sure if you could fit an inhaler in as well but may be worth looking into. He has a medic alert style band as well so even though the pouch is fairly unobtrusive we're comfortable that someone would spot it fairly quickly if they found him having an attack.

Melting tablets would be perfect. Will see what there is available in cetirizine and piriton.

At school his meds are in the nurse's office and when he's out elsewhere without us he has a backpack. But something he could carry in his 'man bag' would better.