Drug Information
| Drug Generic Name | CETIRIZINE HYDROCHLORIDE |
| Drug Class | DRUGS USED IN THE TREATMENT OF ALLERGIC DISORDERS |
| Chapter | Respiratory System |
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Indication: Long-acting non-sedating antihistamine with some mast-cell stabilising activity used in symptomatic relief of allergy such as hay fever, urticaria. Cautions: prostatic hypertrophy, urinary retention, glaucoma and hepatic disease. Contra-indications: pregnancy and breast feeding. Side Effects: palpitations and arrhythmias; hypotension; hypersensitivity reactions; depression. Dose: adult and child over 6 years, 10mg daily or 5mg twice daily. Child 2-6 years, hay fever, 5mg daily or 2.5mg twice daily. |
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