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Cinnarizine is an antihistamine and calcium channel blocker of the diphenylmethylpiperazine group. [5] It is prescribed for nausea and vomiting due to motion sickness [6] or other sources such as chemotherapy, [7] vertigo, [8] or Ménière's disease. [9] Cinnarizine is one of the leading causes of drug-induced parkinsonism. [5]
"Treatment of vertigo due to acute unilateral vestibular loss with a fixed combination of cinnarizine and dimenhydrinate: a double-blind, randomized, parallel-group clinical study". Clin Ther . 26 (6): 866– 77.
Symptomatic treatment with antihistaminics such as cinnarizine, however, can be used to suppress the symptoms of vestibular neuritis while it spontaneously regresses. [27] Prochlorperazine is another commonly prescribed medication to help alleviate the symptoms of vertigo and nausea.
Lightheadedness is a common and typically unpleasant sensation of dizziness [1] or a feeling that one may faint.The sensation of lightheadedness can be short-lived, prolonged, or, rarely, recurring.
Cyclizine, sold under a number of brand names, is a medication used to treat and prevent nausea, vomiting and dizziness due to motion sickness or vertigo. [2] It may also be used for nausea after general anaesthesia or that which developed from opioid use. [2] [3] It is taken by mouth, in the rectum, or injected into a vein. [3] [4]
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An H 3 receptor antagonist is a type of antihistaminic drug used to block the action of histamine at H 3 receptors.. Unlike the H 1 and H 2 receptors which have primarily peripheral actions, but cause sedation if they are blocked in the brain, H 3 receptors are primarily found in the brain and are inhibitory autoreceptors located on histaminergic nerve terminals, which modulate the release of ...
BZ is a white crystalline powder with a bitter taste. It is odorless and nonirritating with delayed symptoms several hours after contact. [2] [3] It is stable in most solvents, with a half-life of three to four weeks in moist air; even heat-producing munitions can disperse it.