Antihistamines in the treatment of asthma

Alnoor Malick; J. Andrew Grant

doi:10.1111/j.1398-9995.1997.tb04812.x

Antihistamines in the treatment of asthma

Alnoor Malick, J. Andrew Grant

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Abstract

Antihistamines were investigated for use in asthma shortly after discovery over fifty years ago. Earlier compounds proved ineffective because of side effects: this class of drugs was not thought useful for asthma, and were actually considered contraindicated. More recent drugs have greater potency, fewer side-effects, and no evidence of adverse effects in asthma. There are some studies showing second generation antihistamines, especially cetirizine, improve certain parameters of asthma.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	55-66
Number of pages	12
Journal	Allergy: European Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
Volume	52
Issue number	SUPPL. 34
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1398-9995.1997.tb04812.x
State	Published - 1997
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Adverse
Antihistamines
Asthma
Histamine

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Immunology and Allergy
Immunology

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Antihistamines in the treatment of asthma

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