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What is hydroxyzine? and how does it work for anxiety?
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It's an antihistamine that is used quite often for itching. It can produce a bit of drowsiness in larger doses
Answered 5/19/2022
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It is generally thought that hydroxyzine works on anxiety by affecting two chemicals in the body, histamine and serotonin. Its sedating effect is supposed to be due to its blocking histamine . It is not habit forming , an advantage .
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