Indications:

Allergic conditions

Contraindications:

Premature infants or full-term neonates.

Adverse reactions:

Exfoliative dermatitis. Sedation; antimuscarinic effects, CNS depression and disturbances; occasionally, paradoxical CNS stimulation; psychomotor impairment; headache; palpitations and arrhythmias; convulsions, sweating, myalgia, paraesthesias, extrapyramidal symptoms, tremor; sleep and GI disturbances. Rarely, hypersensitivity reactions and blood disorders; tinnitus, hypotension; hair loss. Injections may cause transient hypotension or CNS stimulation and irritation.

Interactions:

CNS depressants eg, alcohol, barbiturates, hypnotics, opioid analgesics; anxiolytic sedatives and neuroleptics; other antimuscarinics; MAOIs; betahistine; ototoxic drugs. Lab Interference: May interfere with skin testing.

Warnings:

Pregnancy; lactation; severe CV disorders; asthma. May impair ability to drive or operate machinery. Angle-closure glaucoma, urinary retention, prostatic hypertrophy, pyloroduodenal obstruction; renal and hepatic impairment; elderly; epilepsy. pregnancy: Category B: Either animal-reproduction studies have not demonstrated a foetal risk but there are no controlled studies in pregnant women or animal-reproduction studies have shown an adverse effect (other than a decrease in fertility) that was not confirmed in controlled studies in women in the 1st trimester (and there is no evidence of a risk in later trimesters).

Form:

Syrup, Tablet