News tagged with antihistamines
C. diff infection risk rises with antihistamine use to treat stomach acid, study finds
Patients receiving antihistamines to suppress stomach acid are at greater risk of infection from Clostridium difficile, or C. diff, a common cause of diarrhea, particularly in health care settings, Mayo Clinic researchers h ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Mar 27, 2013 |
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A step forward in the treatment of chronic urticaria
An international study involving dermatologists from the Hospital del Mar and Spanish subjects has concluded that a drug normally used to treat severe bronchial asthma caused by allergies (Omalizumab) rapidly eliminates the ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Mar 20, 2013 |
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Asthma drug found highly effective in treating chronic, severe hives and itch
An international team of researchers has found that a once-a-month, high-dose injection of a commonly used asthma drug is highly effective in treating teens and adults chronically afflicted with hives and severe, itchy rash. ...
Immunology
Feb 24, 2013 |
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Is your memory playing tricks on you? Check your medicine cabinet
Common medication to treat insomnia, anxiety, itching or allergies can have a negative impact on memory or concentration in the elderly, according to Dr. Cara Tannenbaum, Research Chair at the Institut universitaire de gériatrie ...
Medications
Nov 06, 2012 |
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Many drugs are just fine years after they 'expire,' study finds
Chances are, your medicine cabinet contains some pills that are past their expiration date. You might even have some pain relievers, some cough syrup or some sleeping pills that were purchased back when Richard Nixon was ...
Medications
Oct 09, 2012 |
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Many medications for elderly are prescribed inappropriately
Approximately one in five prescriptions to elderly people is inappropriate, according to a study published Aug. 22 in the open access journal PLOS ONE.
Medications
Aug 22, 2012 |
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Rejected drug may protect against toxic substance common to Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases
The second of two studies on latrepirdine, recently published in Molecular Psychiatry, demonstrates new potential for the compound in the treatment of Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, sleep disorders, and other neurodegenerative ...
Neuroscience
Aug 13, 2012 |
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Rejected Alzheimer's drug shows new potential
An international team of scientists led by researchers at Mount Sinai School Medicine have discovered that a drug that had previously yielded conflicting results in clinical trials for Alzheimer's disease effectively stopped ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Jul 31, 2012 |
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Little evidence that insect bite remedies work
There is little evidence that over the counter remedies for simple insect bites actually work, and in most cases, no treatment at all will suffice, concludes an evidence review in the April Drug and Therapeutics Bulletin (DTB). ...
Medications
Apr 11, 2012 |
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