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Trial reportBritish journal of clinical pharmacology1995

Actions of terfenadine and cimetidine on histamine wheal formation.

D W Vere

Open access · bronzeAbstract readClinical TrialControlled Clinical Trial
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Trial report in British journal of clinical pharmacology, 1995. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

0 citing papers in PubMed, 1 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author at 1 institution in 2 countries.

D W VereDepartment of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, London Hospital Medical College.
Royal London Hospital · GB

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

1. A Latin square design was used to compare the effects of four masked oral drugs, placebo, cimetidine, terfenadine and cimetidine plus terfenadine, at single standard doses against histamine injected at concentrations of 0.3 mM and 0.074 mM subepidermally in eight healthy volunteers studied at weekly intervals. 2. Wheal growth occurred in three phases, an initial delay, a phase of rapid growth where drugs were effective, and a phase of slow growth where there were no significant drug effects. 3. Terfenadine was an effective antihistamine. 4. The data were consistent with a terfenadine effect continued into the next treatment block. 5. Under these conditions cimetidine apparently reduced the effects of terfenadine during the rapid wheal growth phase both simultaneously and after a week's interval from terfenadine dosing.

Indexed as

AdultCimetidineDrug CombinationsFemaleHistamineHistamine H1 AntagonistsHistamine H2 AntagonistsHumansMaleMiddle AgedTerfenadineUrticariaCimetidineDrug CombinationsHistamineHistamine H1 AntagonistsHistamine H2 AntagonistsTerfenadine

Identifiers

PMID8703662
PMCPMC1365211
OpenAlexW2087028631

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