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Anti-Itch drugs are used to get relief from itching and taken by mouth or by injection. They are available only with a physician's prescription. Thse anti-itch medicines are also known as antipruritic drugs or antipruritics or anti-itch drug hydroxyzine and come in tablets and injectable forms.
An itching or allergic reaction occurs when the body is unusually sensitive to some substances lika as follows:
Usually anti-itching drugs are
anti histamines.
Whenever an anti itching drug is taken, the body reacts to it and prevents
or stops the releasing of histamine which cause itching and other symptoms.
These drugs reduce the symptoms by blocking the effects of histamine.
The topical anti itching drugs in the form of craem or lotion is available without a doctor's prescription. But the common ingredients in anti-itching are as follows:
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