SSRI's and cold medicine.?

Question:

I have a sinus infection and want to shoot myself in the head. (not really) I take Zoloft and Vistaril and was wondering if theres any cold medicine I should stay away from. I know many cold medicines interact with MAOI's (what doesn't these days huh?) but what about SSRI's? Thanks in advance.

Answers:
I have the same problems, I am using SSRIs and I have Sinusitis.
I have tried almost all cold medications. Nothing bad happened to me. Could you try new generation cold medications like Desloratadine, Fexofenadine, Levoceterizine, Ebastine, Rupatadine etc... ?
Escitalopram and citalopram causes the least drug interaction among SSRIs.

You can find drug interaction information from the internet.

http://www.gjpsy.uni-goettingen.de/interactions_calculator.php
http://www.drugs.com/cons/Vistaril.html

They all have sedative effects. My pill book says not to take Vistaril with antihistamines for this reason. Nothing about Zoloft and cold medicine.

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