approving the antihistamine clemastine (Tavist) for cold symptoms
January 1996
An FDA advisory committee now recommends approving the antihistamine clemastine (Tavist) for cold symptoms.
This is a surprise.
Experts had been saying that antihistamines don't help colds...because colds aren't caused by histamine, like allergies.
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