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Both antacids and antiallergic drugs are antihistamines but they cannot replace each other. Explain why?

Antacids are drugs that counteract acid in the stomach and antihistamines are drugs that block histamine action in the body .both antacids and antiallergic drugs work on different receptors in the body and hence they cannot replace each other.


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