Dose range: 100 to 450 mg/day. IV route: three doses of 5 mg Metoprolol administered at intervals of 2 minutes time. Oral route: if the patient gives no sign of complication from the IV route, a total of 15 mg, then a tablet of 50 mg in 6 hour block should start immediately after the IV dose.
â¢ ANTIHISTAMINE (noun) The noun ANTIHISTAMINE has 1 sense: 1. a medicine used to treat allergies and hypersensitive reactions and colds; works by counteracting the effects of histamine on a receptor site. Familiarity information: ANTIHISTAMINE used as a noun is very rare.
Antipruritics, also known as anti-itch drugs, are medications that inhibit the itching that is often associated with sunburns, allergic reactions, eczema, psoriasis, chickenpox, fungal infections, insect bites and stings like those from mosquitoes, fleas, and mites, and contact dermatitis and urticaria caused by plants such as poison ivy or stinging ...