cinnarizine


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cinnarizine

(sɪˈnærɪˌziːn)
n
(Medicine) a drug principally used to control vomiting caused by motion sickness
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Finkelstein et al., "Pediatric cinnarizine overdose and toxicokinetics," Pediatrics, vol.
Motion sickness medications all seem to require some degree of caution since other commonly available remedies such as cinnarizine (Stugeron) and hyoscine hydrobromide (Kwells) list similar side effects and all are obviously contra-indicated where there is a risk of narrow angle glaucoma.
The company's key APIs are sildenafil citrate, amlodipine besylate, cinnarizine, omeprazole powder, triclabendazole, and others.
However, cinnarizine or Stugeron is an appropriate medication to control the signs and symptoms.
A double-blind comparative trial of powdered ginger root, hyosine hydrobromide, and cinnarizine in the prophylaxis of motion sickness induced by cross coupled stimulation.
None of the various blood components (bilirubin, human serum albumin, hemoglobin, triglycerides, fibrinogen, and alkaline phosphatase) or cardiac-related drugs (abciximab, acetaminophen, allopurinol, ambroxol, ampicillin, ascorbic acid, aspirin, atenolol, caffeine, captopril, cinnarizine, cocaine, diclofenac, digoxin, dopamine, erythromycin, furosemide, ibuprofen, low-molecular weight heparin, methyldopa, nifedipine, nitrofurantoin, nystatin, oxytetracycline, phenytoin, propranolol, quinidine, sodium heparin, theophylline, trimethoprim, and verapamil) tested interfered with the assay; all results were within 5% of controls.
Agravation of Parkinson's disease by cinnarizine. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 1987; 50: 804-05.
Eighty-six patients were taking a range of drugs chronically, including loop diuretics (39), thiazide diuretics (15), amiloride or potassium (8) digoxin (61), beta-blockers (20), calcium channel antagonists (9), nitrates (5) angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors (11), aspirin (13), thyroxine (4), allopurinol (5), iron (1), quinine (1), cinnarizine (1) and paracetamol (3).
In MD, calcium channel blockers, such as cinnarizine, have been widely used therapeutically, [32] although these drugs are not available in the market in Nordic countries.
Another reports do not differ with those of a previous paper, referring to a substantial control of vertigo attacks in subjects with VM by fixed combination of cinnarizine and dimenhydrinate or acetazolamide [48, 49].