Some allergy specialists are questioning whether one of the most familiar and oldest antihistamines, diphenhydramine, needs to be retired in favor of second-generation drugs that have fewer side ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A consumer OTC medicine group notes that products containing diphenhydramine "are not intended for long-term use." - John ...

Stock image of a person looking at items in their medicine cabinet. Benadryl — the medicine cabinet staple that helps stop an allergy attack and relieve the symptoms of seasonal allergies — may cause ...

Benadryl (diphenhydramine) is a first-generation antihistamine. It helps treat mild to severe allergic reactions and may also be taken for motion sickness or for drug-induced Parkinson’s disease-like ...

(CNN) - Some doctors say people with allergies may want to take something other than the drug diphenhydramine, which is sold under the brand name Benadryl. Allergy experts from Johns Hopkins ...

Tens of millions of Americans struggle to sleep at night, and many of them turn to sleeping pills for relief. Prescription and over-the-counter sleep aids are especially popular among older adults. A ...

Experts are raising concerns about Benadryl’s ability to cross the blood-brain barrier and potential lasting impacts Benadryl has been used since the 1940s to stop allergy attacks and relieve the ...

A consumer OTC medicine group notes that products containing diphenhydramine "are not intended for long-term use." - John Nacion/STAR MAX/IPx/AP/File Dr. Anna Wolfson says she sees dangerous misuse of ...

Dr. Anna Wolfson says she sees dangerous misuse of the allergy medication diphenhydramine in her clinic every day.“If someone has an allergic reaction to a food, people will say, ‘Don’t worry, I have ...