Antihistamine

Introduction: Antihistamine

Description of Antihistamine

Antihistamine: a medicine used to treat allergies and hypersensitive reactions and colds; works by counteracting the effects of histamine on a receptor site.
Source: WordNet 2.1

Antihistamine: group of drugs that counteract the action of histamine; conventional antihistamines, as those used in treating allergies, block the H1 histamine receptors, whereas others block the H2 receptors.
Source: CRISP

Terms associated with Antihistamine:

More specific terms for Antihistamine:

• chlorpheniramine
• cyproheptadine
• diphenylhydramine

Source - CRISP

• Actifed
• brompheniramine maleate
• Dimetane
• chlorpheniramine maleate
• Coricidin
• Chlor-Trimeton
• cyproheptadine
• Periactin
• dimenhydrinate
• Dramamine
• Dimetapp
• diphenhydramine
• Benadryl
• meclizine
• meclizine hydrochloride
• Antivert
• methapyrilene
• pheniramine
• phenyltoloxamine
• promethazine
• Phenergan
• pyrilamine

Source - WordNet 2.1

Broader terms for Antihistamine

• antiallergic agent
• neuropharmacologic agent
• neurotransmitter antagonist

Source - CRISP

• medicine
• medication
• medicament
• medicinal drug

Source - WordNet 2.1

Hierarchical classifications of Antihistamine

The following list attempts to classify Antihistamine into categories where each line is subset of the next.

WordNet 2.1

• medicament,medication,medicinal drug,medicine
• drug
• agent
• causal agency,causal agent,cause
• entity

Source: WordNet 2.1

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