Irritants
| Definition: |
Drugs that act locally on cutaneous or mucosal surfaces to produce inflammation; those that cause redness due to hyperemia are rubefacients; those that raise blisters are vesicants and those that penetrate sebaceous glands and cause abscesses are pustulants; tear gases and mustard gases are also irritants. |
| Notes: |
note X ref COUNTERIRRITANTS but use no qualif with it (i.e., adv eff of a counterirritant is COUNTERIRRITANTS, not COUNTERIRRITANTS /adv eff since this would print as a misleading IRRITANTS /adv eff) |
| Also Called: |
Pustulants,Rubefacients,Counterirritants,Vesicants |
Irritants Categories.
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Tear Gases - Gases that irritate the eyes, throat, or skin. Severe lacrimation develops upon irritation of the eyes. |
Irritants Definitions and Terms
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