Effect of ketotifen premedication on adverse reactions during peanut oral immunotherapy

Allergy, Asthma and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Jagdis, Amanda ^a   Berlin, Noam ^a   Barron, Carly ^b   Giruparajah, Mohana ^b   Leader, Nathan ^c   Maclachlan, Sean ^d   Sussman, Gordon L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b Gordon Sussman Clinical Research Inc   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adverse reactions; Antihistamine premedication; Desensitization; Ketotifen; Oral immunotherapy; Peanut allergy

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; KETOTIFEN; PEANUT EXTRACT; PLACEBO;

ANAPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; BLURRED VISION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESENSITIZATION; DROWSINESS; DRUG DOSE ESCALATION; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG INDUCED HEADACHE; DRUG MEGADOSE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HAY FEVER; HUMAN; MALE; MAXIMUM PERMISSIBLE DOSE; ORAL IMMUNOTHERAPY; PEANUT ALLERGY; PILOT STUDY; PREMEDICATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

EID: 84903858445     PISSN: 17101484     EISSN: 17101492     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1710-1492-10-36     Document Type: Article

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