ANTIEMETIC HISTAMINE H1 RECEPTOR BLOCKERS

Course overview

FIRST-GENERATION ANTIHISTAMINES HAVE SEVERAL INDICATIONS THAT PRIMARILY INCLUDE NAUSEA AND VOMITING SECONDARY TO MOTION SICKNESS AND VERTIGO, BUT SECONDARILY ARE USEFUL FOR ALLERGIC RHINITIS, INSOMNIA, ALLERGIC REACTIONS, PARKINSONISM, AND ANTITUSSIVE. THIS ACTIVITY REVIEWS THE INDICATIONS, CONTRAINDICATIONS, ACTIVITY, ADVERSE EVENTS, AND OTHER KEY ELEMENTS OF ANTIEMETIC USE OF H1 RECEPTOR BLOCKERS IN THE CLINICAL SETTING AS RELATES TO THE ESSENTIAL POINTS NEEDED BY MEMBERS OF AN INTERPROFESSIONAL TEAM MANAGING THE CARE OF PATIENTS WHO CAN BENEFIT THERAPEUTICALLY FROM THESE AGENTS.