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• n  a medicine used to treat allergies and hypersensitive reactions and colds; works by counteracting the effects of histamine on a receptor site

• There's some evidence that 1,000 mg of vitamin C may act like an antihistamine and lessen the severity of cold symptoms.
• He also sometimes takes Ambien CR to help him sleep and Zyrtec, an antihistamine for nasal allergies.
• Only additional studies can determine whether metoclopramide or an antihistamine is the better treatment for the nausea that accompanies hormonal changes in pregnancy.

News & Articles

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• Woman accused of killing toddler
  Authorities say a rural Jackson County woman killed a toddler in her care by giving the girl a combination of the prescription painkiller Oxycodone and the antihistamine Benadryl.
  July 31, 2013 - Jackson County Chronicle
• Woman charged in death of toddler
  Authorities say a Trempealeau County woman killed a toddler in her care by giving the girl a combination of the prescription painkiller Oxycodone and the antihistamine Benadryl.
  July 30, 2013 - Winona Daily News
• Woman charged in toddler’s death; complaint says child was given Oxycodone
  Authorities say a Trempea-leau County woman killed a toddler in her care by giving the girl a combination of the prescription painkiller Oxycodone and the antihistamine Benadryl.
  July 30, 2013 - La Crosse Tribune

Quotes

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• Maureen Orth in CBS News
  In the latest allegations of this 13-year-old cancer boy, he and his brother were both alleged to have been given wine by Jackson, also showed pornography -- naked girls on the Internet -- and given antihistamine,Orth says. "The sister...