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Article: Cetirizine for Seasonal Allergic Rhinitis Boosts Work Productivity.
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- Family Practice News
- Article date:
- January 15, 2001
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DALLAS -- Adults using cetirizine for seasonal allergic rhinitis had less impairment of work productivity and other activities than did those on placebo in a large, randomized double-blind trial, Dr. Frank J. Picone said at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Family Physicians.
The cetirizine group also had better health-related quality of life, said Dr. Picone, an allergist in Tinton Falls, NJ.
Once-daily cetirizine is already approved by the Food and Drug Administration for seasonal allergic rhinitis, on the basis of safety and efficacy data. The focus of this study was on quality-of-life issues.
It has been estimated that seasonal ...