Antihistamine study
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
The Transportation Secretary "shall review available information on the effects of medications (including antihistamines) on driver fatigue, awareness and performance and shall consider encouraging, if appropriate, the use of nonsedating medications (including nonsedating antihistamines) as a means of reducing the adverse effects of the use of other medications by drivers," under the conference report to the transportation bill (105-555) passed by the House and Senate May 22 and signed into law (105-178) June 9. The measure potentially could benefit Claritin (loratidine) manufacturer Schering-Plough, which is understood to have backed the provision...