Composition
Each teaspoonful (5 ml) contains: Pheniramine maleate 15 mg.
Indications
Histol is used in hay fever; asthma; respiratory conditions associated with increased secretions; serum sickness; skin conditions e.g. eczema, itching, acute and chronic urticaria.
Precautions
Histol, as other antihistamines, may cause drowsiness; therefore, patients are advised not to drive motor vehicles or operate machinery. Patients should be warned that Histol syrup may enhance the sedative
effect of C.N.S. depressants including alcohol, barbiturates, hypnotics, narcotics, analgesics, sedatives, and tranquilizers.
Patients suffering from glaucoma should be kept under medical supervision when
using pheniramine maleate.
Dosage and Administration
- Children over 10 years: 1-2 teaspoonfuls.
- Children 6-10 years: 1 teaspoonful.
- Children 1-6 years: ‘k. teaspoonful.
- Dosage and Administration to be repeated 2-3 times daily or as directed by the physician.
Packaging
sy: 100 ml.