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Despite its spread, it causes fatal organ toxicity. Lung toxicity is a serious side effect of CP. Actually, in the past three years the world has been facing an un-predicted crisis following COVID-19 pandemic and the associated high-mortality rates attributed to respiratory distress. Accordingly; this study aimed to probe the potential prophylactic role of levocetrizine against CP-induced lung injury. Animals were allocated into three sets; control; CP and CP\/Levo. CP was intraperitoneally injected in rats 150\u00a0mg\/kg once on day 7. Levocetrizine was given orally for 14 days starting 7 days before CP injection. On the last day, all rats were sacrificed and lung tissues were kept for analysis. CP significantly elevated lung\/body weight index, inflammatory cell counts, LDH, total protein, TNF-\u03b1, IL-1\u03b2, TGF-\u03b2 and histamine levels in bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL). Moreover, it markedly increased expression of MMP-9 and contents of MDA, hydroxyproline, collagen and NOx besides decreasing GSH level and SOD activity in lung tissues. These biochemical results were further confirmed by histopathological examination. In contrast, treatment with levocetrizine significantly attenuated CP-induced pathological alterations. 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