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 ...

Hydroxyzine (whose brand names include Vistaril) and Benadryl (the brand name of diphenhydramine) are both first-generation antihistamines and share many similarities, including sedating side effects.

Doctors are now speaking up against over-the-counter anti-allergy medicine claiming that its risk are more than benefits.Millions of adults and children take OTC diphenhydramine, the ...

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 ...