Study shows sponsors moving non-sedating antihistamines to a third tier realized greatest savings
...rug Administration (FDA) approval for its use with allergic rhinitis, also known as hay fever," said Delate. "Plans should consider step therapy to manage spending on Singulair." Under step therapy, a patient tries a lower cost but similar drug to see if it works and is well tolerated before using a more ex...OHSU researchers hope to prevent childhood asthma with new eczema drug
...czema at age 3 months who have a family history of allergic disease may develop asthma by age 5, according to Hanifin. He and his colleagues hope early intervention -- at ages 3 to 18 months -- and long-term treatment with the study drug Elidel will prevent the incidence of asthma in this highly susceptible p...Latest research in allergic disease to be presented at the 2004 AAAAI Annual Meeting
...d asthma, food allergy and other topics related to allergic diseases will be presented at the 2004 Annual Meet... special interest in the research and treatment of allergic disease. Allergy/immunology specialists are pediatric or internal medicine physicians who have elect...How well do scientists communicate with the public about vaccine safety?
... not weaken the infant immune system, do not cause allergic or autoimmune diseases, and that mercury and other preservatives found in trace amounts in vaccines do not injure children. HOW: Dr. Offit is available for interviews immediately following the panel and throughout the afternoon, Saturday, Feb. 14...Adams Respiratory Therapeutics and Hollister-Stier Laboratories to co-promote ALLERx(TM) dose pack
...ght treatment regimen for symptoms associated with allergic rhinitis, non-allergic rhinitis, vasomotor rhiniti...nologists and Otolaryngologists that specialize in allergic disease. HollisterStier enjoys a longstanding, close franchise with this group of specialists. In ...Study shows lower than expected allergic-like events following second prescription of penicillin
...prescribe penicillin to patients with a history of allergic reaction. The study, which appears in the April edition of the Journal of Allergy & Clinical Immunology, involved a review of more than three million electronic medical records of patients in Great Britain who received a prescription for penicillin ...Making music could be bad for your skin
...ians. He found that the most common disorders were allergic reactions to specific components of an instrument,... The most frequently reported skin conditions were allergic reactions to specific components of instruments. These included allergies to rosin, which is used to...Serious allergic reactions in cancer patients call for expert nursing intervention
...o 35 percent of cancer patients are at risk for an allergic reaction to their cancer therapy. Yet, the same dr...y patients receiving medications that may cause an allergic reaction will be successfully re-challenged," said Held-Warmkessel. Held-Warmkessel says it's cri...Study shows coenzyme Q10 may prevent migraine
... found that the only side effect appeared to be an allergic skin rash in one patient. This compares with side effects of fatigue, weight gain, dry mouth, and other side effects found with other methods to prevent migraine." CoQ10, also known as ubiquinone, is an antioxidant made by the body and used by cells ...Large families and animals keep allergies at bay
...rly in life may protect against the development of allergic diseases. However, the risk of atopic dermatitis decreased with each additional exposure to three or more siblings, day care, pet ownership, and farm residence. This protective effect remained after adjusting for number of infectious diseases, sugges...Cincinnati children's study links autism and immunologic disorders
...en with autism may have an increased prevalence of allergic disorders, particularly of the gastrointestinal sy...s in the receptors on immune cells that respond to allergic stimuli. Further investigation into the link with allergic diseases is warranted." Autism is a comp...FDA approves Enbrel to treat psoriasis
...o not start ENBREL if you have an infection or are allergic to ENBREL or its components. Tell your doctor if you are prone to infection. Stop ENBREL if a serious infection occurs. Contact your doctor if you have questions about ENBREL or develop an infection. Tell your doctor if you have ever been treate...Alternative medicine therapy now being tested for heart disease
...ithin the last five years or have had a history of allergic reaction to chelation therapy are not eligible. Once enrolled in the study, patients will receive 30 weekly infusions of either the chelation solution or placebo, followed by 10 additional infusion sessions that will be scheduled every other week an...New data demonstrates that Benicar(R) and Benicar HCT (TM) achieve JNC 7 blood pressure goals
...d BENICAR HCT should not be used by people who are allergic to any component of the medication. Because of the hydrochlorothiazide component, BENICAR HCT is contraindicated in patients with anuria or hypersensitivity to other sulfonamide-derived drugs. In volume- or salt-depleted patients (e.g., those being...Two landmark studies show Taxotere (R) significantly improves survival in men with prostate cancer
...e effects include fluid retention, infections, and allergic reactions. Patients 65 years of age or older may experience some side effects more frequently. For more information about Taxotere®, visit www.taxotere.com or see full prescribing information including boxed WARNINGS. For more information ab......onds, the three most common tree nuts that produce allergic reactions. For people with these allergies, mislabelling and cross-contamination of processed food can be extremely serious. US reports have shown that in more than half of products recalled because of nut contamination, it was consumers themselves w...Intranasal corticosteroid receives FDA pregnancy Category B rating for allergic rhinitis
...regnancy rating to Category B for the treatment of allergic rhinitis. The achievement of a Category B ratin...anasal corticosteroid product for the treatment of allergic rhinitis in the United States to receive a Category B rating. All other intranasal corticosteroids ...Chronic sinusitis sufferers have enhanced immune responses to fungi
...ness," says Marshall Plaut, M.D., chief of NIAID's allergic mechanisms section. Despite the enormous health im...is is notable because scientists have thought that allergic reactions involve only Th2 cytokines, Dr. Kita explains. (While chronic sinusitis is not considered ...Mayo Clinic research shows common airborne fungi cause chronic stuffy nose
..., it is not well understood. Viruses, bacteria and allergic reactions all have been researched and debated as potential mechanisms driving the responses. The immune system mounts different kinds of responses for different invaders -- a bacterium gets attacked by a different cell or system than an allergy-prom...Study documents adverse events of pneumococcal vaccine in children
...ents with a previous history of seizures. Although allergic reactions, prolonged or abnormal crying, fussiness in infants, dyspnea [breathing difficulties], and GI distress are common childhood symptoms apart from immunizations, their occurrence with positive rechallenges after PCV increases the possibility o...