Type:Injection
Generic Name:Pheniramine Maleate
Manufacturer:Asiatic Laboratories Ltd.
Price:৳7.50
Allergic conditions, Motion sickness, Allergic conjunctivitis, Allergic rhinitis
Should be taken with food. Take after meals.
Oral Allergic conditions Adult: Syrup: 15-30 mg bid or tid. Tablet: Up to 45 mg tid. Max: 3 mg/kg/day. Elderly: Syrup: 15-30 mg bid or tid. Tablet: Up to 45 mg tid. Max: 3 mg/kg/day. Prophylaxis of motion sickness Adult: Syrup: 15-30 mg bid or tid. Tablet: Up to 45 mg tid. Max: 3 mg/kg/day. Take 1st dose at least 30 min before travelling.
Oral Allergic conditions Child: Tablet 5-10 yr: Half a 45-mg tablet up to tid; Tablet: Up to 45 mg tid. >10 yr: Syrup: 15-30 mg bid or tid. Max: 3 mg/kg/day. Prophylaxis of motion sickness Child: As maleate: 5-10 yr: Half a 45-mg tablet up to tid; >10 yr: Syrup: 15-30 mg bid or tid. Tablet: Up to 45 mg tid. Max: 3 mg/kg/day. Take 1st dose at least 30 min before travelling.
Symptomatic prostatic hypertrophy; neonates and premature infants.
Pheniramine is an alkylamine derivative with histamine H1-receptor antagonist effects. It also has anticholinergic and moderate sedative effects.
May impair ability to drive or operate machinery. Has potential for abuse. Narrow angle glaucoma, asthma or severe CV disease. Antiemetic effect may mask signs of other conditions. Pregnancy and lactation. Elderly.
Sedation. Hypersensitivity reactions. Lassitude, dizziness, tinnitus, inability to concentrate, incoordination, irritability, insomnia and tremors. Nausea, vomiting, diarrhoea, colic, epigastric pain, anorexia, dryness of mouth and constipation. Urinary retention. Palpitations, headache. Blurred vision, increased intraocular pressure. Muscular weakness. Rarely, blood dyscrasias e.g. agranulocytosis, haemolytic anaemia.
May mask ototoxicity produced by aminoglycoside antibiotics. Potentially Fatal: Potentiation of CNS depression by alcohol, sedatives, opioids, barbiturates, hypnotics, narcoleptics. May increase antimuscarinic effect of MAOIs, atropine and TCAs.
