Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A drug given in its salt forms both orally and intramuscularly, used as a sedative and antihistamine.

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  • noun A first-generation antihistamine of the piperazine class, used as an antihistamine, antiemetic, anxiolytic, and weak analgesic.

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  • noun a drug (trade names Atarax and Vistaril) used as a tranquilizer to treat anxiety and motion sickness

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[hydrox(y) + (pipera)zine.]

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  • In cats, chlorpheniramine (2 milligrams twice a day); in dogs, Benadryl, diphenhydramine (25 milligrams per 50 pounds), or hydroxyzine as prescribed by your veterinarian.

    The Last Chance Dog D.V.M. Donna Kelleher 2003

  • In cats, chlorpheniramine (2 milligrams twice a day); in dogs, Benadryl, diphenhydramine (25 milligrams per 50 pounds), or hydroxyzine as prescribed by your veterinarian.

    The Last Chance Dog D.V.M. Donna Kelleher 2003

  • · Take an antihistamine, such as diphenhydramine or hydroxyzine, by mouth.

    Chapter 22 1997

  • For example, if you are looking up hydroxyzine, it comes after doxycycline but before metronidazole.

    Chapter 37 1997

  • Other medicines that may work for convulsions: magnesium sulfate for sleep: diphenhydramine for anxiety: hydroxyzine dicloxacillin

    Chapter 37 1997

  • More recent medications—Beller-gal-S, hydroxyzine (an antihistamine with sedative properties), tranquilizers like reserpine and meprobamate, and (in Russia) bromides combined with calcium chloride—have targeted secondary symptoms of stuttering, like anxiety and stress.

    Knotted Tongues Benson Bobrick 1995

  • More recent medications—Beller-gal-S, hydroxyzine (an antihistamine with sedative properties), tranquilizers like reserpine and meprobamate, and (in Russia) bromides combined with calcium chloride—have targeted secondary symptoms of stuttering, like anxiety and stress.

    Knotted Tongues Benson Bobrick 1995

  • Other nonbarbiturate sedatives-hypnotics include (1) glycol or glycerol derivatives (e.g., meprobamate) and (2) diphenylmethane derivatives (e.g., diphenhydramine, hydroxyzine).

    The Neuropsychiatric Guide to Modern Everyday Psychiatry Michael Alan Taylor 1993

  • Tucker was arrested on charges including possession of marijuana, Nexium, hydroxyzine HCL and the rolling papers.

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