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About Dr. Ravindra Bhaskar Ghooi
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I can provide information on drugs and medicines, their actions, uses, interactions and adverse effects. To avoid confusion, generic names of medicines may please be provided. I am a pharmacologist, having worked on animal and human pharmacology, and presently I am the Dean of Bilcare Research Academy, where we teach courses on clinical research. We dont work on saturdays and sundays, hence questions reachng me on these days will be replied on Monday, please bear with me.

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Pharmacy - olopatadine hydrochloride

Expert: Dr. Ravindra Bhaskar Ghooi - 11/12/2009

Question
In India, Cipla has launched a new antiallergic drug unnder IF2 which contains olopatadine hydrochloride : 5 mg. My question is whether it is similar to levocetrizine 5 mg or atarax 25 mg for the treatment of allergy ? Thanx

Answer
Hi Harish,
There is a lot of difference between the three drugs.
Atarax is a highly sedating antihistamine and a very old agent.
Levocetirzine is a newer compound virtually free from side effect of sedation.
Olopatadine is both an antihistamine and a ast cell stabilizer, which makes it more suitable for the treatment of allergies. I would choose olopatadine over the earlier two drugs.
Ravi Ghooi

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