Dimetapp Paediatric Elixir is contra-indicated in patients sensitive to any of the ingredients and in infants or neonates. It should not be given to patients whose sensitivity to small doses of sympathomimetic substances is manifested by sleeplessness, dizziness, light headaches, weakness, tremulousness or cardiac arrhythmia.
In fact, worrying (or anxiety) can stimulate the release of epinephrine into your system, whereby it will bind with your beta-adrenergic receptors in your liver, causing your blood vessels to constrict and your blood pressure to rise, along with your heart rate (pulse).
These molecules are recognised by receptors on the cell surface of the macrophage such as the phosphatidylserine receptor or by soluble (free-floating) receptors such as thrombospondin 1, GAS6, and MFGE8, which themselves then bind to other receptors on the macrophage such as CD36 and alpha-v beta-3 integrin.