Comparative study of the efficacy, tolerance and side-effects of dexchlorpheniramine maleate 6 mg b.i.d. with terfenadine 60 mg b.i.d.

Dexchlorpheniramine maleate 6 mg b.i.d. was compared with Terfenadine 60 mg b.i.d. for efficacy in controlling Ragweed Hay Fever symptoms, as well as tolerance and occurrence of adverse reactions. The study was a randomized, multicentric, parallel group, blind evaluator design which involved 174 patients equally divided, eighty-seven receiving dexchlorpheniramine and eighty-seven terfenadine, for a period of 2 weeks during the latter half of August and the first half of September 1983. The study indicated that dexchlorpheniramine at the doses tested, was significantly more effective in controlling hay fever symptoms than terfenadine.