New antihistamines: A critical view

Jornal de Pediatria

Volumn 82, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2006, Pages

  Camelo Nunes, Inês Cristina ^a,b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Antihistamines; Desloratadine; Fexofenadine; Levocetirizine; Rupatadine

Indexed keywords

ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; ASTEMIZOLE; CETIRIZINE; DESLORATADINE; DEXCHLORPHENIRAMINE; EBASTINE; EPINASTINE; ERYTHROMYCIN; FEXOFENADINE; HISTAMINE H1 RECEPTOR; HYDROXYZINE; KETOCONAZOLE; LEVOCETIRIZINE; LORATADINE; PLACEBO; RUPATADINE; TERFENADINE;

AGITATION; ALLERGIC DISEASE; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; CARDIOTOXICITY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; CONCENTRATION LOSS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; COORDINATION DISORDER; DEPRESSION; DIZZINESS; DRUG ABSORPTION; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG HALF LIFE; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG METABOLISM; DRUG PENETRATION; DRUG POTENTIATION; DRUG RECEPTOR BINDING; DRUG SOLUBILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; LASSITUDE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; META ANALYSIS; PSYCHOMOTOR ACTIVITY; QT INTERVAL; QT PROLONGATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REM SLEEP; REVIEW; SEDATION; SIDE EFFECT; SOMNOLENCE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TACHYCARDIA; TORSADE DES POINTES; URINE RETENTION; XEROSTOMIA;

ANTI-ALLERGIC AGENTS; BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; CETIRIZINE; CHILD; CYPROHEPTADINE; HEART DISEASES; HISTAMINE H1 ANTAGONISTS, NON-SEDATING; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; LORATADINE; MAST CELLS; PIPERAZINES; RECEPTORS, HISTAMINE H1; TERFENADINE;

EID: 33845740823     PISSN: 00217557     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2223/JPED.1552     Document Type: Review

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