Treatment of Hives With Antihistamines
- Saturday, August 22, 2009, 23:44
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- Andrew:
- Dr. Goodman, nobody wants those red blotches or hives. Is medical science making progress on either treating or preventing them?
- Dr. Goodman:
- Well, Andrew, I think medical science is making progress in characterizing hives and [gaining a] better understanding [of] why they occur, and how we might employ both new medicines and [those] we’ve used for other afflictions in their treatment.
- Andrew:
- So, what’s the latest for people who have this condition? I understand [that between] 15 [and] 24 percent of people in the United States may be affected [by hives] during their lifetimes. So we’re talking about millions of people. Are you learning now how to use some medications – maybe asthma medications for example – to help prevent or treat this condition?
- Dr. Goodman:
- Well, certainly, we’re able to employ some of the newer asthma medications, leukotriene receptor antagonists, [such as] Singulair and Accolate in treating some [cases of] chronic hives. But the more important issue is that we now have non-sedating antihistamines that work well for the vast majority of people with hives, and don’t interfere with their daily functioning
That’s the more exciting issue from my perspective. Our guidelines are actually allowing us to better characterize which patients might respond to which individual treatments – and by doing so give us better treatment successes.
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