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Trade names | Chlor-trimeton, Polaramine |
AHFS/Drugs.com | Monograph |
MedlinePlus | a682543 |
Routes of administration | Oral, Intravenous |
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Formula | C16H19ClN2 |
Molar mass | 274.79 g·mol−1 |
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Dexchlorpheniramine (trade namePolaramine) is anantihistamine withanticholinergic properties used to treatallergic conditions such ashay fever orurticaria.[1][2] It is the pharmacologically activedextrorotatory isomer ofchlorpheniramine.
It came into medical use in 1959 and was patented in 1962.[3]
Dexchlorpheniramine is anantihistamine, or anantagonist of thehistamineH1 receptor. A study found that dexchlorpheniramine had a Ki value of 20 to 30 μM for themuscarinic acetylcholine receptors using rat brain tissue.[4]
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