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How are hydroxyzine pamoate (Vistaril®) and hydroxyzine hydrochloride (Atarax®) different?

Question from a Member: Can you speak to the therapeutic difference between hydroxyzine HCL and pamoate? Are they different from the standpoint of the treatment of anxiety? How they are NOT different Hydroxyzine hydrochloride (hcl)  and hydroxyzine pamoate are NOT different in their efficacy, pharmacological effects, or dosing. For convoluted reasons, it has wrongly been…

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