A previously healthy 8-year old boy was seen for a second opinion regarding a 1-year history of urticaria. The initial onset of generalized urticaria was noted 30 minutes after a dose of fexofenadine for seasonal allergy symptoms. He had tolerated fexofenadine in previous pollen seasons without any complications. Since onset, he has had daily generalized urticaria. After 2 months of symptoms de...

Fixed drug eruption is an uncommon adverse drug reaction caused by delayed cell-mediated hypersensitivity. Levocetirizine is an active (R)-enatiomer of cetirizine and there have been a few reports of fixed drug eruption related to these antihistamines. We experienced a case of levocetirizine-induced fixed drug eruption and cross-reaction with other piperazine derivatives confirmed by patch test...

BACKGROUND The FDA recently moved loratadine (Claritin) from prescription only status to over-the-counter (OTC). In response to the availability of an OTC non-sedating antihistamine, many managed care organizations are reevaluating which if any prescription antihistamines should remain on formulary. From a managed care perspective, determining which of the remaining prescription antihistamines ...

PURPOSE This study describes the development and validation of dissolution tests for fexofenadine hydrochloride capsules and coated tablets using an HPLC method. METHOD The appropriate conditions were determinate after testing sink conditions, dissolution medium, and agitation intensity. The apparatus, paddle and basket, were applied to tablets and capsules, respectively. Fexofenadine hydroch...

α,α-Dimethyl-4-[1-hydroxy-4-[4-(hydroxydiphenylmethyl)-1-piperidinyl]butyl]benzene acetic acid generically known as fexofenadine or carboxyterfenadine is a second generation H1-receptor antagonist, much widely used due to its non-sedative effects. Metal complexes of fexofenadine with various essential and trace elements of biological interest, have been synthesized and characterized by FT-IR, 1...

BACKGROUND In 2006, the Norwegian Medicines Agency mandated a switch from desloratadine, ebastine, or fexofenadine to cetirizine or loratadine in patients with allergic rhinitis (AR) or chronic urticaria (CU). In an online survey, patients whose medication was switched assessed the impact on efficacy, fatigue, and work productivity/attendance. METHODS Allergy patients in Norway completed a 25...

OBJECTIVE To investigate immunomodulatory properties of 4 antihistamines available in Japan. METHOD Isolated peripheral blood T cells from healthy volunteers were preincubated with cetirizine, loratadine, olopatadine, or fexofenadine for 30 minutes and then stimulated with interleukin (IL)-1 2 or IL-4 to skew immune response towards type 1 or type 2 helper T cells. RNA was extracted 6 hours l...

To estimate the clinical impact of pharmacokinetic modulation via breast cancer resistance protein (BCRP), in vivo approaches in nonclinical settings are desired in drug development. Clinical observation has identified curcumin as a promising candidate for in vivo selectiveBCRP inhibition, in addition to several well-known inhibitors, such as lapatinib and pantoprazole. This study aimed to conf...

The objective of present work is to investigate the enhancement of dissolution profile for oral delivery of Fexofenadine Hydrochloride (FH) through solid dispersion (SD) technique by the method of solvent evaporation. The SD was prepared by using ethanol as a solvent. Tablets were formulated containing solid dispersion of FH and compared with tablets of same formula without solid dispersion of ...

Allergic Rhinitis is typically characterized by sneezing, rhinorrhoea, nasal obstruction, nasal, conjunctival & pharyngeal itching and lacrimation all occurring in a temporal relation to allergen exposure. The peak incidence of this disease occurs in childhood and adolescence, with most of the cases belonging to the atopic category.There is a high incidence of patients of allergic rhinitis atte...