Does the use of calamine or antihistamine provide symptomatic relief from pruritus in children with varicella zoster infection?

Arch Dis Child. 2006 Dec;91(12):1035-6. doi: 10.1136/adc.2006.105114.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Antipruritics / therapeutic use*
  • Chickenpox*
  • Child, Preschool
  • Drug Combinations
  • Female
  • Ferric Compounds / therapeutic use*
  • Histamine H1 Antagonists / therapeutic use*
  • Humans
  • Phenols / therapeutic use*
  • Pruritus / drug therapy*
  • Zinc Compounds
  • Zinc Oxide / therapeutic use*

Substances

  • Antipruritics
  • Drug Combinations
  • Ferric Compounds
  • Histamine H1 Antagonists
  • Phenols
  • Zinc Compounds
  • calamine, phenol drug combination
  • Zinc Oxide