Chlorpheniramine Maleate
CHLORPHENIRAMINE MALEATE
Overview:
Chlorpheniramine Maleate is an antihistamine medicine that helps reduce allergy symptoms like sneezing, runny nose, itchy or watery eyes, and hives. It works by blocking histamine, a chemical in the body that causes allergic reactions. Doctors commonly use it for allergic rhinitis, hay fever, urticaria, and other mild allergic conditions.It is available as tablets, syrups, and injections.
Classification: First-generation antihistamine
Uses:
- Relieves allergy symptoms like sneezing, runny nose, and itchy eyes
- Treats hay fever (allergic rhinitis)
- Sometimes used for cold symptoms like runny nose
- Reduces itching from insect bites or mild allergic reactions
- Helps with hives (urticaria) and skin rashes
How it works:
Chlorpheniramine Maleate works by blocking histamine, the chemical that causes allergy symptoms like sneezing, runny nose, itching, watery eyes, and rashes. By preventing histamine from attaching to H1 receptors, it reduces allergic reactions and helps you feel more comfortable. It may cause mild drowsiness because it can also affect the brain.
Dosage: As prescribed by your doctor.
Side Effects:
- Drowsiness or sleepiness
- Dry mouth, nose, or throat
- Dizziness or headache
- Nausea or mild stomach upset
- Blurred vision (rare)
- Excitability or restlessness in some children
Precautions:
Chlorpheniramine helps with allergies but should be used carefully. Avoid it if you’re allergic, and pregnant or breastfeeding women should only use it if advised by a doctor. Kids and older adults may get sleepy, and people with glaucoma, asthma, heart problems, or urinary issues should be cautious. It can cause drowsiness or dizziness, so avoid driving or operating machinery.
Disclaimer:This content is for informational purposes only. Always consult a healthcare provider for medical advice and proper dosage.
Levodropropizine
LEVODROPROPIZINE
Overview:
Levodropropizine is a drug that will prevent irritating dry coughs without causing sleepiness. It acts on your lungs and airways to ease the desire to cough, but not on your brain, as some other cough medicines do. Physicians tend to recommend it as a treatment of coughs due to a cold, allergy, or a sore throat, quite often when you do not want to feel drowsy or addicted to it.
Classification: Non-opioid antitussive
Uses:
Levodropropizine helps to soothe dry irritant coughing that occurs due to cold, allergies, or irritation of the throat. It also allows you not to feel the need to cough, avoiding the sleepy effect, and go about your day more easily. Physicians regularly prescribe it to children, adults, and to anyone who wants a coughing solution that does not cause drowsiness, so that they can sleep, work or sleep without continual coughing.
How it works:
Levodropropizine helps in calming the nerves in your lungs and airways causing cough. Rather than working on the brain, as other cough medicines do, dry, tickling coughs are less common and less irritating because it suppresses the urge to cough exactly at the point of the irritation. What is even better is that it helps you to get rid of the cough without feeling sleepy or becoming addicted to it, so you can go about your everyday routine.
Dosage: As prescribed by your doctor.
Side Effects:
- Nausea or mild stomach upset
- Drowsiness or tiredness
- Mild headache
- Allergy symptoms – skin rash, irritation, or itchiness
- Mild dizziness
Precautions:
Your doctor should be informed of liver or kidney problems, chronic lung problems, or any other serious health condition before using Levodropropizine. Any other medicines or supplements should be mentioned always to prevent medication interactions. Take it only when your doctor tells you it is safe in pregnancy or while you are still breastfeeding. Stop it and seek medical help once you experience rash, itching, swelling or difficulty breathing. In the case of children or an aging patient, your doctor might also change the amount to ensure the dose is safe and effective.
Disclaimer:This content is for informational purposes only. Always consult a healthcare provider for medical advice and proper dosage.
