FDA moves to pull popular decongestant from shelves amid effectiveness concerns
The US Food and Drug Administration announced a proposal to remove oral phenylephrine – a common ingredient in many popular ...
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What Are Antihistamines?
Most commonly, you take antihistamines as oral tablets. An adult might take a 5 mg Clarinex (desloratadine) pill once a day during allergy season, throughout the year for more chronic allergies, or ...
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Combination Nasal Steroid–Antihistamine Is More Effective Than Either Agent Alone
Add-on oral antihistamines or montelukast (Singulair) do not add much benefit. In three separate trials, researchers randomized 3398 adolescent and adult patients with moderate-to-severe SAR ...
After decades, FDA finally moves to pull ineffective decongestant off shelves
In a long-sought move, the Food and Drug Administration on Thursday formally began the process of abandoning oral doses of a ...
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8 Best OTC Allergy Medications To Help You Breathe Easy
For some people, oral antihistamines do not quite remove all those pesky nasal allergy symptoms, and they need something else ...
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Effect of Betamethasone-Loratadine Combination Therapy on Severe Exacerbations of Allergic Rhinitis
It is further common practice to combine oral corticosteroids with antihistamines in the treatment of acute exacerbations of allergic rhinitis. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect ...
FDA to pull common but ineffective cold medicine from market
The FDA says oral phenylephrine, used in many over-the-counter cough and cold medicines, "is not effective as a nasal ...
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Is it safe to use antihistamines while you're trying to conceive?
GP Philippa previously told us that, during pregnancy, the first treatment for hayfever is with a steroid nasal spray as opposed to an oral antihistamine. Your doc may recommend: corticosteroid nasal ...