Vol.102 No.11 contentsPRACTICA OTO-RHINO-LARYNGOLOGICA
Vol. 102 No. 11 November 2009
Status of Medical Nasal Allergy Treatment
-From Otolaryngology Questionnaire in Toyama Prefecture-
Masahito Tsubota
(Toyama Red Cross Hospital)
Satsuki Yasumura
(Itoigawa General Hospital)
Masatsugu Asai and Yukio Watanabe
(Toyama University)
Muneharu Ito
(Ito ENT Clinic)
Despite many antihistamine drugs available for use in nasal allergy treatment, no concrete drug selection guidelines exist. We report the results of a nasal allergy treatment questionnaire distributed to Toyama Prefecture otolaryngologists. Fexofenadine was most widely used in the early treatment of cedar pollinosis, but most otolaryngologists later changed drugs, especially second-generation antihistamines, based on patient condition and the type of perennial nasal allergy. Actual steroid treatment was thought to be proper and the various drugs were used in children's medical treatment. Results were similar to those of past reports. We discuss concrete suggestions for selecting of second-generation antihistamine drugs based on these results.
Key words :nasal allergy, medical treatment, antihistamine drugs