Description
Ebastineisasecond-generationantihistamineandanti-inflammatorycompoundthatisclinicallyusedtotreatallergicrhinitis.Likeothernewerantihistamines,admiNISTrationofebastineresultsinlessofasedativeeffectthanearlyantihistamines.EbastinealsoincreasesproductionofIFN-γ.ThiscompoundactsasanantagonistathistamineH1receptors.
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