Common questions about hay fever

MeReC Bulletin

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 17-20

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ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; ASTEMIZOLE; AZELASTINE; BECLOMETASONE; CATECHIN; CETIRIZINE; CHLORPHENIRAMINE; CORTICOSTEROID; CROMOGLYCATE DISODIUM; DECONGESTIVE AGENT; DESLORATADINE; HERBACEOUS AGENT; HISTAMINE; HISTAMINE H1 RECEPTOR; IPRATROPIUM BROMIDE; LEVOCABASTINE; LEVOCETIRIZINE; LODOXAMIDE; LORATADINE; MIZOLASTINE; NEDOCROMIL; NON PRESCRIPTION DRUG; NUX VOMICA; PETASITES HYBRIDUS EXTRACT; PLACEBO; PREDNISOLONE; SESQUITERPENE DERIVATIVE; TERFENADINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG;

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ANAPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG RECEPTOR BINDING; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HAY FEVER; HEART ARREST; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HISTAMINE RELEASE; HOMEOPATHY; HUMAN; IMMUNOTHERAPY; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; NOSE CONGESTION; PATIENT EDUCATION; PETASITES; PETASITES HYBRIDUS; POLLEN; PREGNANCY; QT PROLONGATION; RHINORRHEA; SEDATION; SOMNOLENCE; TERATOGENICITY; TORSADE DES POINTES; XEROSTOMIA;

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