Urticaria to cetirizine.
A patient with recurrent idiopathic urticaria reported exacerbations after treatment with cetirizine. Prick test to cetirizine was negative. Double-blind challenge tests with mizolastine, loratadine, fexofenadine, dexchlorpheniramine, ebastine, ketotifen, and placebo were negative, whereas hydroxyzine and its active metabolite, cetirizine, reproduced the urticaria. Identification of uncommon adverse reactions to H1 antihistamines is important, particularly because they may mimic the underlying disease.
Tella
R
R
Allergy Unit, Hospital Universitari Joan XXIII, Tarragona, Spain.
Gaig
P
P
Bartra
J
J
Garcia-Ortega
P
P
D000328:Adult; D017332:Cetirizine / Q000009:adverse effects*; D004342:Drug Hypersensitivity / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D039563:Histamine H1 Antagonists, Non-Sedating / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D014581:Urticaria / Q000139:chemically induced*
D039563:Histamine H1 Antagonists, Non-Sedating; D017332:Cetirizine