Chlorphenamine injection is indicated for acute urticaria, control of allergic reactions to insect bites and stings, angioneurotic oedema, drug and serum reactions, desensitisation reactions, hayfever, vasomotor rhinitis, severe pruritus of non-specific origin.
Chlorphenamine injection may be helpful in the prevention of delayed reactions to penicillin and other drugs when given separately by intramuscular injection immediately prior to administration of the other drug.
Chlorphenamine, in common with other drugs having anticholinergic effects, should be used with caution in epilepsy; raised intra-ocular pressure including glaucoma; prostatic hypertrophy; severe hypertension or cardiovascular disease; bronchitis; bronchiectasis and asthma; hepatic disease and thyrotoxicosis.
Chlorphenamine acts by blocking the binding of histamine to receptors in the body and so preventiing or relieving the typical symptoms of an allergic reaction.
Chlorphenamine tablets or syrup are useful for both the prevention or relief of localised or less serious allergies such as hay fever or itchy rash and some more serious allergic reactions such as angioneurotic oedema.
Chlorphenamine is called a sedating antihistamine as it enters the brain in significant quantities and is therefore more likely to cause drowsiness than the newer group of non-sedating antihistamines.
Chlorphenamine is more liable to cause drowsiness in older patients.
Chlorphenamine injection is a useful adjunctive treatment given after adrenaline injection and continued for 24-48 hours to prevent relapse.
Hydrocortisone injection is of secondary value in the initial management of anaphylactic shock because the onset of action is delayed for several hours, but should be given to prevent further deterioration in severely affected patients.
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Paracetamol has antipyretic and analgesic effects attributing to the inhibition of synthesis and release of prostaglandins (PGE2) on the thermoregulatory center in the hypothalamus cau-sing dilation of the peripheral blood vessels with perspiring resulting in an antipyretic action.
Chlorphenamine Maleate is an anti-histamine drug being competi-tive blockade of H1 receptor resulting in anti-allergic actions, Chlorphenamine Maleate may remove or alleviate nasal obstruction, sneezing, excessive nasal mucus and other symptoms due to anaphylaxis relieving the and act as sedative.
For pregnant and breast-feeding women: Amantadine Hydro-chloride, Chlorphenamine Maleate, Calculus Bovis can pass through placenta and be poisonous to embryo which being tera-togenesis and harmful effects to fetus.
Pollenase anthistamine tablets contain the active ingredient chlorphenamine maleate (previously spelt chlorpheniramine in the UK), which is a type of medicine called a sedating antihistamine.
Chlorphenamine is also available without a brand name, ie as the generic medicine.) Chlorphenamine works by preventing the actions of histamine.
Chlorphenamine tablets, oral solution and injection are also available without a brand name, ie as the generic medicine.
Cetirizine causes less sedation than chlorphenamine but is more expensive; both are available over-the-counter.
Chlorphenamine injection is a useful adjunctive treatment given after adrenaline injection and continued either orally or by injection for 24-48 hours to prevent relapse.
Hydrocortisone injection should be given after adrenaline and chlorphenamine in the initial management of anaphylactic shock.
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Chlorphenamine Maleate is an antihistamine that decreases the amount of sneezing, itchy nose and itchy watery eyes.
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Paracetamol is thought to work by blocking the production of chemicals, known as prostaglandins, which are involved in pain transmission.
Burning may produce chlorphenamine maleate paracetamol carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, nitrogen oxides.
The number of capsules, tablets, teaspoonfuls of oral solution or suspension that you take, the amount of oral granules or powders that you take, or the number of suppositories that you use, depends on the strength of the medicine.
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They have been left out of the Community recommendations because it was accepted that most community nurses will not have these drugs available and that there is no important reason to encourage them to do so.
The updated First Medical Responder guidelines continue to advise the use of chlorphenamine, hydrocortisone, and IV fluids for appropriate indications, but the Project Team advised that we should also publish simplified guidance for those who had access only to epinephrine (adrenaline).
However, the sharp distinction that existed previously to what may be available to physicians on the one hand and community nurses on the other is now becoming more blurred with the introduction of patient group directions (PGDs).
