Generic
Levocetirizine Dihydrochloride
Contraindications
Levocetirizine is not known to have any interactions with other drugs.
Side Effects
Hypersensitivity to levocetirizine, cetirizine or its parent compound hydroxyzine. Patients with severe renal impairment (creatinine clearance: <10 ml/min) should not be administered levocetirizine.
Pregnancy And Lactation
Generally, levocetirizine is well tolerated. However, a few side effects like headache, dry mouth, fatigue and skin rash have been reported rarely.
Therapeutic
Pregnancy Catagory B. There are no adequate and well-controlled studies in pregnant women. Because animal reproduction studies are not always predictive of human response, levocetirizine should be used during pregnancy only if clearly needed. Since levocetirizine is excreted in breast milk it is not recommended for use by nursing mothers.
Storage Conditions
Epileptic patients and patients at risk of convulsions. Renal impairment. Pregnancy and lactation.
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