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Film-coated tablet: Dizziness, drowsiness, fatigue and dry mouth have been reported with overdose of fexofenadine hydrochloride. Single doses up to 800 mg and doses up to 690 mg twice daily for 1 month or 240 mg once daily for 1 year have been administered to healthy subjects without the development of clinically significant adverse reactions as compared with placebo. The maximum tolerated dose of fexofenadine hydrochloride has not been established.
Standard measures should be considered to remove any unabsorbed medicinal product. Symptomatic and supportive treatment is recommended. Haemodialysis does not effectively remove fexofenadine hydrochloride from blood.
Oral suspension: There is no clinical experience with a fexofenadine overdose. The maximum single dose tested in clinical trials is 800 mg in six healthy subjects. In a multiple-dose study, doses of 690 mg every 12 hours for 28.5 days were given to three healthy subjects and, in another study with forty subjects, a dose of 400 mg every 12 hours was given for 6.5 days. No clinically significant adverse events were reported in these studies.
In the case of an overdose, standard measures to remove any unabsorbed drug should be employed. Symptomatic and supportive treatment is recommended. Haemodialysis is not an effective means of removing fexofenadine from plasma.
