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Veterinary Clinics of North America: Small Animal Practice, 1988
Symptomatic treatment of pruritus is an important adjunct to the systematic approach of attempting to define the etiology of a pruritic skin disease. This article includes a description of the various systemic and topical antipruritic preparations available to veterinary dermatologists as well as their recommended dosages.
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Symptomatic treatment of pruritus is an important adjunct to the systematic approach of attempting to define the etiology of a pruritic skin disease. This article includes a description of the various systemic and topical antipruritic preparations available to veterinary dermatologists as well as their recommended dosages.
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Antidepressants as antipruritic agents: A review
European Neuropsychopharmacology, 2018Pruritus is a concomitant symptom of various underlying disorders viz. dermatological, systemic and psychiatric disorders that provoke the person to scratch the skin. Many natural as well as, antipruritic therapies are usually practiced in the treatment of pruritus including general preventive measures, topical therapies such as cooling agents ...
Randeep, Kaur, V R, Sinha
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Guanethidine as an Antipruritic
Archives of Dermatology, 1962The antipruritic action of guanethidine has not been related up till now to its sympathicoplegic properties. We have studied its effects in a number of dermatoses with special reference to atopic dermatitis. We have thought that its use in this last group of cases is fully justified.
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A Model to Assess the Effectiveness of Topical Antipruritics
Skin Pharmacology, 2009A model has been developed to determine the effectiveness of topical antipruritics. It utilizes controlled, experimentally induced itch and has demonstrated the effectiveness of the direct action on cutaneous receptor sites of a topical anesthetic, benzocaine, in a topical antipruritic formulation, and has been used to differentiate between two ...
R, Drozdenko +5 more
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AMINOPHYLLINE AS AN ANTIPRURITIC AGENT
Archives of Dermatology and Syphilology, 1947A GENERAL report on the use of theophylline ethylenediamine (aminophylline) by injection as an antipruritic agent was presented in a previous paper. 1 It was demonstrated that this agent was most effective when administered intravenously. However, when the drug was given by this route, disconcerting immediate reactions, and even possible fatal ...
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Aprepitant as an Antipruritic Agent?
New England Journal of Medicine, 2009To the Editor: The Sezary syndrome is a leukemic, cutaneous, epidermotropic T-cell lymphoma. Pruritus, insomnia, and depression impair the quality of life and can lead to suicide.1 Substance P is a key mediator of pruritus.2 An increase in the expression of its receptor, neurokinin-1, has been reported on keratinocytes in pruritic skin diseases.3 ...
Arnaud Duval, Louis Dubertret
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Evaluation of antipruritic drugs in normal volunteers
Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics, 1963The antipruritic effect of trimeprazine and ergotamine was evaluated in medical students by use of the double‐blind technique. Itch was induced by Mucuna pmriens (cowage) ointment. Ergotamine tartrate was found to be ineffective, whereas no definite opinion could be formed regarding trimeprazine tartrate.
G V, JOGLEKAR +2 more
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DO SYSTEMIC ANTIPRURITIC AGENTS WORK?
British Journal of Dermatology, 1980‘Most of the agents recommended for the control of itching during the last two decades have not stood the test of time. Many have been discarded, and the continuing use of several of the remaining ones has been dictated not so much by the results obtained as by the desire to prescribe something for the complaining patient.’ Another 20 years have
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Antihistamines and their role as antipruritics.
Dermatologic therapy, 2006Antihistamines that bind to the histamine 1 receptor (H1) serve as important therapeutic agents to counter the effects of histamine in the skin. Two generations of antihistamines exist; however, second-generation agents are more advantageous because they cause less sedation, have a longer half life and are more selective for the H1 receptor.
Michael, O'Donoghue, Michael D, Tharp
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