ALLERCET COLD 10 CAPS

ABOUT CETIRIZINE SECOND GENERATION H1 ANTAGONIST METABOLITE OF HYDROXYZINE ANTIHISTAMINE. MECHANISM OF ACTION OF CETIRIZINE THIS DRUG IS A SELECTIVE PERIPHERAL H1 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST. THUS IT INHIBITS THE ALLERGIC SYMPTOMS PRODUCED BY HISTAMINES LIKE COLD RHINORRHEA SNEEZING URTICARIA ETC. THE DRUG HAS SOME MAST CELL STABILIZING PROPERTIES. IT ALSO INHIBIT EOTAXIN-INDUCED EOSINOPHIL TEM THROUGH BOTH DERMAL AND LUNG MICRO VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL CELLS. SO INHIBIT EOSINOPHIL CHEMOTAXIS AND ALSO INFLAMMATION CAUSED BY IT.