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• Management of Allergic Rhinitis: Pharmacologic Therapy – Corticosteroids

  When symptoms of allergic rhinitis require continuous therapy, intranasal corticosteroids are the most effective agents available for nasal symptoms and are more potent than oral antihistamines. Corticosteroids inhibit both the early-phase (cytokine release) and late-phase (migration of mast cells, basophils and eosinophils to the nasal mucosa) allergic reactions. They also decrease microvascular permeability, edema and ...

• Drugs in Allergic Disorders: Label Medications

  It is important to label every medication given to an allergic patient. The label should include which symptoms the drug is designed to treat, so the patient will know the drug to use for particular symptoms. The allergic patient should always have the appropriate medicine on hand so that treatment can be begun at once ...

• How to treat allergic rhinitis. Antihistamines

  Second-generation antihistamines The newer antihistamines are devoid of anticholinergic and sedative effects with the exception of cetirizine, which may be mildly sedating in some patients. The low incidence of side effects is attributed to their high selectivity for peripheral H1-receptors and low propensity to cross the blood-brain barrier. Three 2nd-generation antihista-mines for oral administration are ...

• Intranasal Corticosteroids for the Treatment of Allergic Rhinitis

  Intranasal corticosteroids (CS) can prevent symptoms of seasonal allergic rhinitis when initiated prior to the start of the allergy season. In patients with mild intermittent symptoms, oral or intranasal antihistamines provide adequate relief and would remain recommended as first line in this population. Once symptoms become more persistent and bother the patient moderately or greater, ...

• Case: Antihistamines. Class

  Histamine, β-aminoethylimidazole, is formed in many tissues by decarboxy-lation of the amino acid L-histidine by the enzyme histidine decarboxylase. Mast cells and basophils are the principal histamine-containing cells in most tissues. Histamine is stored in vesicles in a complex with heparin and released by either an immunologic trigger or following a mechanical or chemical stimulus. ...