Open AccessComparative Efficacy and Safety of Ebastine 20 mg, Ebastine 10 mg and Levocetirizine 5 mg in Acute Urticaria
Author(s) -
Vinay Goyal,
Alpa Gupta,
Omesh P. Gupta,
Dhruvendra Lal,
Manharan Gill
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of clinical and diagnostic research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-782X
pISSN - 0973-709X
DOI - 10.7860/jcdr/2017/23961.9550
Subject(s) - levocetirizine , medicine , desloratadine , fexofenadine , cetirizine , anesthesia , pharmacology
Acute and chronic urticaria can result in severely impaired quality of life from pruritus and associated sleep lessness, as well as anxiety and depression. Various treatment modalities are available out of which second generation non sedating H1 antihistamines e.g., fexofenadine, loratidine, desloratadine, cetirizine, levocetirizine, ebastine etc., are used as the first line treatment.