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antihistamine
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antihistamine

Any substance that counteracts the effects of histamine. Antihistamines may occur naturally or they may be synthesized.

H1 antihistamines are used to relieve allergies, alleviating symptoms such as runny nose, itching, swelling, or asthma. H2 antihistamines suppress acid production by the stomach, and are used in the treatment of peptic ulcers, often making surgery unnecessary.



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Containing ketotifen fumarate as a main ingredient, the product helps alleviate nasal allergy symptoms due to pollen and house-dust mites.
1) Newer drugs, such as fexofenadine (Allegra), loratadine (Claritin) and cetirizine (Zyrtec), all taken in pill form, as well as the intranasal antihistamine azelastine (Astelin), and ketotifen, an antihistamine drop for your eyes, are less sedating and thus the treatment of choice.
The studies focused on the antimuscarinic (potential for drying side effects) activity of various marketed antihistamines including azelastine, cetirizine, desloratadine, fexofenadine, ketotifen and olopatadine, compared to bilastine and epinastine, related compounds in Inspire's portfolio.
 
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