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This medicine contains the active ingredient lodoxamide, which is a type of medicine used to relieve the symptoms of allergies. Lodoxamide eye drops are used to relieve the symptoms of eye allergies such as hayfever.Lodoxamide works by reducing allergic responses. It is not fully understood how it does this, but it is thought to work by 'stabilising' immune cells called mast cells. Mast cells are an important part of the immune system. They become sensitised when they are exposed to foreign particles or allergens, for example pollen or dust mites. When this happens, the mast cells release substances that include histamine, and these subsequently go on to cause inflammation as part of the bodys immune response to fight the foreign substance. Inflammation of the eye causes the typical symptoms of an eye allergy - redness, itching and a watery discharge.By stabilising the mast cells, lodoxamide is thought to prevent the substances that cause the inflammation, eg histamine, from being released when the cells enc

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