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Antihistamine Guide
Originally posted on PharmacistAnswers: Hello all! Our antihistamine guide on pharmacistanswers.com is complete and posted for everyone to see! Check it out: http://pharmacistanswers.com/antihistamine-guide.html Article Excerpt: Have you ever walked into your local drug store just to grab an allergy medicine and became instantly overwhelmed with all the choices in front of you? In this guide,…
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Antihistamines for Colds
Originally posted on More@MedLetter: The next issue of The Medical Letter (November 25, 2013) will include an article on a new combination of the opioid hydrocodone and the first-generation H1– antihistamine chlorpheniramine that will be marketed as Vituz for treatment of cough and cold and allergy symptoms. Hydrocodone (in combination with acetaminophen for treatment…
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Contradictory skin test and ImmunoCAP results–which is better?
This question comes up in my office almost everyday….should I do skin testing or blood work? As you can see from the response of national experts, it depends. There is NO test that can boast 100% accuracy to predict whether or not you will react to a food. In fact, the gold standard if you…
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Allergenicity of Shea nut/Shea butter
So you have peanut or tree nut allergy and wonder about Shea butter? Here’s your answer–it’s safe! Allergenicity of Shea nut/Shea butter.
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Blood work can be a problem
Normally, I like to include lab studies for evaluation of patients with chronic infections. It’s very important to find out if your body can make the right amount of antibodies to fight infection. But…there’s always the exception. In this case, IgA can be absent from your bloodstream and not cause a problem because it’s gone. …
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You’ll Be the Hit of the Party!
Oh, if I only knew of a more interesting subject for MY next cocktail party. When kids’ drama, and the latest neighborhood gossip just won’t do, try your luck at the newest asthma mediation! A special thanks to Reuters for their excellent reporting…my comments will be in RED. Medscape Medical News from the American Thoracic…
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American College of Allergy news tidbit…
One over-active gene has been implicated in 20-30 percent of patients with childhood asthma, according to a study in Science Translational Medicine. The gene, according to authors, interrupts the synthesis of lipid molecules sphingolipids, which are part of cell membranes found throughout the body. Reduced sphingolipids was clearly linked to bronchial hyper-reactivity, unrelated to allergens…
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Shots Aren’t the Only Choice for Treating Your Allergies
Novel Routes for Allergen Immunotherapy Safety, Efficacy and Mode of Action Philippe Moingeon; Laurent Mascarell Immunotherapy. 2012;4(2):201-212. © 2012 Future Medicine Ltd. I DON’T like shots! And who does? But alas, if you have to get shots for your allergies, they better be worth the fuss. Allergen immunotherapy is the only curative treatment of IgE-mediated type I respiratory allergies.…
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Who says you can’t clean house?
Home cleaning advice.
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Top 10 Allergy & Clinical Immunology Articles of 2011
From Medscape Allergy & Immunology by Marrecca Fiore Introduction Ever wonder what other allergists are reading? After sorting through the long list of articles published on Medscape during the past year, it seems our member audience of allergists and clinical immunologists was most interested in: Food allergies Influenza Itching The top 10 articles list is comprised…
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