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Antihistamine vs Hydroxyzine - What's the difference?

antihistamine | hydroxyzine |

As nouns the difference between antihistamine and hydroxyzine

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 hydroxyzine is a first-generation antihistamine of the piperazine class, used as an antihistamine, antiemetic, anxiolytic, and weak analgesic.

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.

    • Hyponyms

    * See also

    hydroxyzine

    English

    Noun

    (-) (wikipedia hydroxyzine)
  • A first-generation antihistamine of the piperazine class, used as an antihistamine, antiemetic, anxiolytic, and weak analgesic.