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Diphenhydramine
A first-generation antihistamine synthesised in 1943 at the University of Cincinnati, in George Rieveschl's laboratory; in 1946 it became the first prescription antihistamine approved in the United States. It is used for allergies and itching and, thanks to its sedative effect, as a sleep aid. This family brings together the active ingredient, pharmacopoeial impurities, metabolites, labelled standards, nitrosamines and other impurities.
Did you know?Rieveschl was looking for a medicine against muscle spasms. Years later, studies of its ability to block serotonin reuptake helped lead to the development of fluoxetine.
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EDQM standards 2
The official European Pharmacopoeia standards for this family.
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Custom synthesis of impurities, metabolites and labelled compounds, with the same characterisation level.
