{"id":241798,"date":"2026-07-29T21:17:50","date_gmt":"2026-07-30T02:17:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/07\/antihistamines-likely-offer-no-meaningful-benefit-for-eczema-and-may-increase-harms"},"modified":"2026-07-29T21:17:50","modified_gmt":"2026-07-30T02:17:50","slug":"antihistamines-likely-offer-no-meaningful-benefit-for-eczema-and-may-increase-harms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/07\/antihistamines-likely-offer-no-meaningful-benefit-for-eczema-and-may-increase-harms","title":{"rendered":"Antihistamines likely offer no meaningful benefit for eczema and may increase harms"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/antihistamines-likely-offer-no-meaningful-benefit-for-eczema-and-may-increase-harms2.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Adding oral antihistamines to existing eczema treatments is unlikely to lead to clinically important reductions in eczema and itch severity and may not reduce sleep disturbance or flare-ups, finds a review of the latest trial evidence published by <i>The BMJ<\/i> today.<\/p>\n<p>Some antihistamines may also increase side effects such as drowsiness and the risk of patients stopping treatment.<\/p>\n<p>The researchers say this review addresses longstanding uncertainty surrounding the role of antihistamines in treating eczema, and the results do not support their use in routine eczema management.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Adding oral antihistamines to existing eczema treatments is unlikely to lead to clinically important reductions in eczema and itch severity and may not reduce sleep disturbance or flare-ups, finds a review of the latest trial evidence published by The BMJ today. Some antihistamines may also increase side effects such as drowsiness and the risk of [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":662,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-241798","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biotech-medical"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/241798","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/662"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=241798"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/241798\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=241798"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=241798"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=241798"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}