Several times a day, pharmacists throughout North Texas get blasted by sniffling, sneezing allergy and sinus sufferers who hate what they have to go through to get their Sudafed.
First, consumers must show a photo ID, and then they must sign their name while someone on the other side of the counter fills in a log. […]
For children with food allergies, Halloween treats can be tricky: For those whose allergies are severe, even a single bite of some treats can be life-threatening.
About 100 North Americans, usually children, die each year from food-induced allergic reaction, according to the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. From Montreal pediatrician Paul Roumeliotis - […]
An influential congressman wants regulators to find out why Schering-Plough Corp. decided to keep the key ingredient in its best-selling decongestant Claritin-D the same even as rivals switched the main ingredient in theirs.
An Oct. 23 letter Rep. Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) wrote to the Food and Drug Administration asks the agency to investigate whether the main […]
Children who have persistent fluid in the middle ear, a condition called otitis media with effusion, are more likely to be harmed than helped by antihistamines and decongestants, a new review of studies has found.
The drugs are no better than placebo in alleviating symptoms or avoiding complications of OME and expose children to a significant […]
For cold and allergy sufferers, sniffling, sneezing and congestion are to be expected. Aggravation, annoyance and a sudden loss of privacy are a whole new set of symptoms.
Like hand washing signs in restrooms, preventative measures abound in our modern society. In order to board an airplane, your makeup and toiletries must not exceed three ounces […]
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved first-time generic formulations for caffeine citrate 10-mg/mL intravenous injection and 10-mg/mL oral solution for the short-term treatment of apnea in premature infants, loratadine 5-mg/5-mL oral solution for the symptomatic relief of seasonal allergic rhinitis and for the treatment of chronic idiopathic urticaria, and prednicarbate 0.1% cream […]