Journal of Pharmacology And Experimental Therapeutics, Vol. 99, Issue 4, 425-431, 1950
Copyright © 1950 by American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics
THE MECHANISM OF APNEA FOLLOWING INTRAVENOUS INJECTION OF VARIOUS ANTIHISTAMINIC COMPOUNDS; ITS RELATION TO THEIR CHEMICAL STRUCTURE
DOMINGO M. AVIADO JR. 1,
ROBERT G. PONTIUS 1, and
T. H. LI 1
1 Laboratory of Pharmacology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
Intravenous injection of some antihistaminic agents causes apnea through a reflex mechanism similar to that of veratridine. There are drug-sensitive receptors in the lungs causing inhibition of breathing.
Submitted on April 13, 1950