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Nasal corticosteroids are unequivocally the treatment of choice for allergic rhinitis, Dr. Harold S. Nelson said at the Colorado chapter meeting of ACP-ASIM.
Compelling evidence both from head-to-head comparison trials and placebo-controlled studies demonstrates that nasal steroids are consistently far more effective than antihistamines, having a more potent benefit across a broader range of symptoms. Nasal steroids also are safer and considerably less costly, added Dr. Nelson of the National Jewish Medical and Research Center, Denver.
Yet in 1999, American physicians wrote prescriptions for $3.5 billion worth of antihistamines, compared with $1.3 billion for ...
Source: HighBeam Research, Nasal Steroids Best Allergy Tx.