Sachin Tyagi
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Anti-Histamines:- Antigens from environment and food create allergic reactions to our body. In these situations histamines are released from certain cels in our body.
Anti-histamines are the drugs which diminish or abolish the effects of histamine, a chemical released by mast cells during an allergic reaction.
Some commonly used anti-histamines are:-
Diphenhydramine
Pheniramine malaeate
Chloropheniramine maleate
Triprolidine
Antazoline
Dimethindene
Phenothiazine, promethazine
Chlorotheopyllinate salt
These drugs are used in the treatment of hay fever, mild asthma, insect bites, cold etc.