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Antihistamine vs Orphenadrine - What's the difference?

antihistamine | orphenadrine |

As nouns the difference between antihistamine and orphenadrine

is that antihistamine is a drug or substance that counteracts the effects of a histamine. Commonly used to alleviate the symptoms of hay fever and other allergies while orphenadrine is an anticholinergic drug of the ethanolamine antihistamine class, closely related to diphenhydramine, used to treat painful muscle spasm and some aspects of Parkinson's disease.

antihistamine

English

(wikipedia antihistamine)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A drug or substance that counteracts the effects of a histamine. Commonly used to alleviate the symptoms of hay fever and other allergies.

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    orphenadrine

    English

    Noun

    (-) (wikipedia orphenadrine)
  • An anticholinergic drug of the ethanolamine antihistamine class, closely related to diphenhydramine, used to treat painful muscle spasm and some aspects of Parkinson's disease.