"Dr. Thompson, my child really wants a dog and we are considering bringing one home soon. His skin test was negative to dog and we have done dust mite controls for his dust allergy, which helped. Is it okay?"This is a common question allergists hear throughout the year from parents. Let's say you or your children have allergy... Read more
By now many of you are aware of the arrival of HFA inhalers that represent the new environmental friendly carriers for aerosol inhalers. Three new brands of albuterol are currently available as Proair HFA, Proventil HFA, and Ventolin HFA.
Xopenex HFA is a purified form of albuterol that has potentially fewer side effects and in... Read more
Zyrtec, a brand of cetirizine will soon be available without prescription. The good news: 1) No doctor visit required to purchase this antihistamine.2) Availability of a potent, low sedating anthistamine markedy increases.3) Zyrtec is less sedating than many other OTC antihistamines and is available in a once daily preparation.... Read more
Are you surviving the cold and flu season so far? The worse has yet to come unfortunately. The Christmas and New Year's holidays usually provide further exposures to germs, allergens and irritants. The intermingling of relatives and friends as they visit each other increases the sharing of viruses, and other infections. The allergen and... Read more
At the time of this posting (October-07) flu shots have arrived and are being given to many people around the nation. We have not had a severe flu epidemic in several years (so we are long overdue). A few years ago there was a tremendous scare that there would not be enough flu vaccine to handle a possibly bad flu season (there was a delay... Read more
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