Many drugs (such as antihistamine drugs) have both a therapeutic effect and side effects. Side effects can either be undesirable or beneficial. Describe how antihistamine drugs can have a side effect that is both undesirable and beneficial
What will be an ideal response?
Answer: Antihistamine drugs, when given orally to treat allergies, produce significant drowsiness. This side effect is undesirable, particularly in patients who must drive or operate machinery. However, this side effect of drowsiness can be utilized as the therapeutic effect when an antihistamine drug is incorporated into a drug that is used to treat insomnia. Because of this use, antihistamine drugs are a common ingredient in over-the-counter sleep aids.
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