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Podcast: The Derm Vet Podcast
Episode: 83. Antihistamines delay relief from acute allergic flares
Description: Send me a derm question or story!With veterinary clinics being so busy, it seems helpful to hand out an antihistamine doseover the phone when a client calls about their itchy pet. However, the more we learnabout the pathomechanism of pruritus in dogs, histamine doesn’t play as big of a role asoriginally thought. Pruritus from canine atopic dermatitis is actually driven by variousproinflammatory and pruritogenic cytokines such as interleukin-31.In the veterinary profession, we have so many amazing therapies that provide fasteffective pruritus relief. We...