Intranasal Steroid Outperforms Antihistamine in Relieving Nighttime

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Intranasal Steroid Outperforms Antihistamine in Relieving Nighttime

Allergy Symptoms

Fluticasone furoate nasal spray (FFNS) relieves nighttime symptoms of

seasonal allergic rhinitis better than oral fexofenadine (FEX),

according to a presentation of a direct comparison study here at the

American College of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology 2008 Annual Meeting.

The researchers concluded that FFNS significantly improved the

nighttime nasal symptoms of seasonal allergy sufferers.

" It shows that its ocular effect is as good or better than

antihistamines, " Philpot, MD, executive director of Allergy NA

Clinical Development at GlaxoKline in Research Triangle Park,

North Carolina, told Medscape Allergy & Clinical Immunology.

" [FEX] is a good product but the [data] that's out there certainly

[suggest] that nasal steroids are better. "

http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/583472?src=rss

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