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Article: Agent's activity profile targets ocular allergy symptoms
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- Ophthalmology Times
- Article date:
- April 1, 2006
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Managing allergic conjunctivitis
Olopatadine effective on conjunctival mast cells, stabilizes cell membrane
Reviewed by Lanny J. Rosenwasser, MD
Kansas City, MO-Olopatadine HCl (Patanol, Alcon Laboratories) offers a unique pharmacologie profile of activity that corresponds to its unsurpassed efficacy in the management of allergic conjunctivitis, according to the results from comparative studies published in the peer-reviewed literature, said Lanny J. Rosenwasser, MD.
Dr. Rosenwasser was the lead author of a recent article [Curr Med Res Opinion 2005;21:1377-1387
] that reviewed publications on in vitro, animal, and clinical studies evaluating olopatadine. Those papers showed that olopatadine ...