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Inhibition of Passive Cutaneous Anaphylaxis by Several Histamine (H1) and Serotonin Antagonists in the Rat

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Journal Agents Actions
Specialty Pharmacology
Date 1988 Apr 1
PMID 3394585
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Abstract

Drugs of the pizotifen type (pizotifen, cyproheptadine), possessing high H1-antihistamine and high antiserotonin activities in animal experiments, exert potent inhibitory actions on the passive cutaneous anaphylaxis (PCA) reaction in the rat. The drug pipethiadene, a 4,9-dihydrothieno(2,3-c)-2-benzothiepin derivative also belongs to this group. Selective histamine H1-antagonists alone are unable to cause pronounced reduction of the intensity of the PCA reaction in the rat, but in local reactions induced in rats by compound 48/80, histamine H1-receptors seem to play major role.

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