You can find anything on the net from apple pie recipes to Zen gardening. The trick is knowing where to find the information that is useful to you. Antihistamines appear to compete with histamines for cell receptor sites on effector cells. Motion sickness, antiparkinsonism, vertigo, and nausea. Dosage should be individualized according to need and response of the patient.
Antihistamines are more likely to cause dizziness, sedation and hypotension in the elderly.
Sedation, sleepiness, dizziness, disturbed coordination. Gastrointestinal symptoms may also occur. Use vasopressors to treat hypotension. This ongoing column will highlight a featured pharmaceutical which is either administered by medics in the field, or seen frequently as prescribed to our patients where our familiarity with the drug could help us in the treatment of our patients. If you have a drug you think would like to be a part of our newsletter, submit your candidate in the format shown in this issue to our editors.