Desloratadinedrug info
desloratadine 5 MG Disintegrating Oral Tablet
What it is used for
Desloratadine is a histamine-1 (H 1 ) receptor antagonist indicated for: Seasonal Allergic Rhinitis: relief of nasal and non-nasal symptoms in patients 2 years of age and older.
Perennial Allergic Rhinitis: relief of nasal and non-nasal symptoms in patients 6 months of age and older.
Chronic Idiopathic Urticaria: symptomatic relief of pruritus, reduction in the number of hives, and size of hives in patients 6 months of age and older.
1.1 Seasonal
Allergic Rhinitis Desloratadine orally disintegrating tablets are indicated for the relief of the nasal and non-nasal symptoms of seasonal allergic rhinitis in patients 2 years of age and older.
1.2 Perennial
Allergic Rhinitis Desloratadine orally disintegrating tablets are indicated for the relief of the nasal and non-nasal symptoms of perennial allergic rhinitis in patients 6 months of age and older.
1.3 Chronic
Idiopathic Urticaria Desloratadine orally disintegrating tablets are indicated for the symptomatic relief of pruritus, reduction in the number of hives, and size of hives, in patients with chronic idiopathic urticaria 6 months of age and older.
Text above is quoted in full from the FDA-approved drug label published by openFDA, effective February 28, 2024. Matched to this product by RxNorm code. Cross-references to other sections of the full prescribing information have been removed, since they point to a document not shown here. Nothing else is changed: no sentence is shortened, reworded or summarised.
Description
The desloratadine orally disintegrating tablets, USP light red colored, speckled, round, flat, uncoated, beveled edged debossed with “R” on one side and “551” on the other side for the 2.5 mg tablets and a “light red colored, speckled, round, flat, uncoated, beveled edged debossed with “RDY” on one side and “360” on the other side for the 5 mg tablets. Each orally disintegrating tablet contains either 5 mg or 2.5 mg of desloratadine. It also contains the following inactive ingredients: anhydrous citric acid, aspartame, colloidal silicon dioxide, crospovidone, ferric oxide, mannitol, lactose anhydrous, microcrystalline cellulose, polacrilex resin, sodium stearyl fumarate, talc, tutti frutti flavor. Desloratadine, USP is a white to light pink colored powder that is soluble in dichloromethane. It has an molecular formula: C 19 H 19 ClN 2 and a molecular weight of 310.8. The chemical name is 8-chloro-6,11-dihydro-11-(4-piperdinylidene)-5H-benzo[5,6]cyclohepta[1,2-b]pyridine and has the following structure:
Text above is quoted in full from the FDA-approved drug label published by openFDA, effective February 28, 2024. Matched to this product by RxNorm code. Cross-references to other sections of the full prescribing information have been removed, since they point to a document not shown here. Nothing else is changed: no sentence is shortened, reworded or summarised.
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