“Women will go to their doctors and say, ‘I take Allegra and Pepcid and my PMDD symptoms go away. It’s like magic.’” But does it really work, and why?
‘It’s Like Magic’
Many women say a cocktail of antihistamines and Pepcid AC improves their perimenopause and PMDD symptoms. Why?
By
Katie Heaney,
a freelance writer and novelist.
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