Dr
Olive Branch, MS
Parenteral: HYDROXYZINE (hye DROX i zeen) treats the symptoms of allergies and allergic reactions
This medication is FDA-approved to treat anxiety disorders (including GAD) and panic disorder
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Hydroxyzine is a first-generation histamine H 1-receptor antagonist of the dephenylmethane and piperazine classes that exhibits sedative, anxiolytic, and antiemetic properties
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Common side effects of hydroxyzine are sedation, tiredness, sleepiness, dizziness, disturbed coordination, drying and thickening of oral and other respiratory secretions, and stomach distress
It takes about five half-lives for a medication dose to leave the body
Hydroxyzine (Vistaril) often causes drowsiness or dizziness
There are two forms of hydroxyzine: hydroxyzine hydrochloride and hydroxyzine pamoate (Vistaril)
Drug classes: Antihistamines, Miscellaneous anxiolytics, sedatives and hypnotics
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; children under 6 years, 50 mg daily in divided doses; and over 6 years, 50 mg to 100 mg daily in divided doses
Hydroxyzine may be used as an
Each film-coated tablet for oral administration contains 10 mg, 25 mg, or 50 mg hydrOXYzine hydrochloride, USP
Drowsiness, dizziness, blurred vision, dry mouth, constipation, or headache may occur
This medicine is also used to relieve symptoms of allergic conditions (eg, chronic urticaria and atopic and contact dermatoses)
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Hydroxyzine may rarely cause acute generalized exanthematous pustulosis (AGEP), a serious skin reaction characterized by fever and numerous small, superficial, non-follicular, sterile pustules, arising within large areas of edematous erythema
Hydroxyzine belongs to the piperazine class of antihistamines (with cyclizine and meclizine) which are more commonly used Precautions