Dexchlorpheniramine
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Dexchlorpheniramine is an antihistamine
with anticholinergic
properties used to treat allergic
conditions such as hay fever
or urticaria
. It is the pharmacologically active dextrorotatory isomer of chlorpheniramine and seems to possess no advantage over the more common parent drug.
Antihistamine
An H1 antagonist is a histamine antagonist of the H1 receptor that serves to reduce or eliminate effects mediated by histamine, an endogenous chemical mediator released during allergic reactions...
with anticholinergic
Anticholinergic
An anticholinergic agent is a substance that blocks the neurotransmitter acetylcholine in the central and the peripheral nervous system. An example of an anticholinergic is dicycloverine, and the classic example is atropine....
properties used to treat allergic
Allergy
An Allergy is a hypersensitivity disorder of the immune system. Allergic reactions occur when a person's immune system reacts to normally harmless substances in the environment. A substance that causes a reaction is called an allergen. These reactions are acquired, predictable, and rapid...
conditions such as hay fever
Hay Fever
Hay Fever is a comic play written by Noël Coward in 1924 and first produced in 1925 with Marie Tempest as the first Judith Bliss. Laura Hope Crews played the role in New York...
or urticaria
Urticaria
Urticaria is a kind of skin rash notable for pale red, raised, itchy bumps. Hives is frequently caused by allergic reactions; however, there are many non-allergic causes...
. It is the pharmacologically active dextrorotatory isomer of chlorpheniramine and seems to possess no advantage over the more common parent drug.
See also
- Chlorpheniramine
- BrompheniramineBrompheniramineBrompheniramine , commonly marketed as its salt brompheniramine maleate is an antihistamine drug of the propylamine class...
- DexbrompheniramineDexbrompheniramineDexbrompheniramine is an antihistamine with anticholinergic properties used to treat allergic conditions such as hay fever or urticaria. It is the pharmacologically active dextrorotatory isomer of brompheniramine...
- PheniraminePheniraminePheniramine is an antihistamine with anticholinergic properties used to treat allergic conditions such as hay fever or urticaria. It has relatively strong sedative effects, and may sometimes be used off-label as an over-the-counter sleeping pill in a similar manner to other sedating antihistamines...