For what condition is Aterax prescribed?
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Please see the webpage for more details on Aterax (Brand name) Hydroxyzine (Generic name).
Hydroxyzine is used to relieve the itching caused by allergies and to control the nausea and vomiting caused by various conditions, including motion sickness. It is also used for anxiety and to treat the symptoms of alcohol withdrawal.
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Gangadharan_nair did better research then I did, and it looks like the primary reason it's prescribed is as gangadharan_nair said.
Looks like its mostly used to treat mild antianxiety.
Hydroxyzine is a piperazine derivative. ATERAX® has sedative and mild antianxiety activities Hydroxyzine is chemically unrelated to the phenothiazines, reserpine, meprobamate, or the benzodiazepines. Primary skeletal muscle relaxation has been demonstrated experimentally. Secondary skeletal muscle relaxation due to ataraxia should be regarded as additive to this primary effect. ATERAX® has been shown experimentally to have antispasmodic properties, apparently due to its anticholinergic and antihistaminic activity. Antihistamine effects have been demonstrated experimentally and confirmed clinically. An anti-emetic effect, both by the apomorphine test and the veriloid test has been demonstrated in animals.
ATERAX®’s sedative action may be due to a suppression of activity in certain key regions of the subcortical area in the central nervous system.
The exact mechanism of anxiolytic action is not fully understood.
******UPDATE******
It appears gangadharan_nair did better research then I did, and it looks like the primary reason it's prescribed is as gangadharan_nair said.
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