FDA approves Allegra for OTC use

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the Allegra^® family of allergy medication products for over-the-counter (OTC) use in adults and children two years of age and older. Additionally, Allegra-D^®, which also relieves nasal congestion and sinus pressure, will be available without a prescription at the pharmacy counter for use in adults and children 12 years of age and older. Allegra^® and Allegra-D^® will be available in March 2011 in their original prescription strengths without a prescription. Read details of news release from PR Newswire.

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Asthma Continues to Afflict Millions

The CDC recently released their report on Asthma Statistics. The Highlights of the report include the following:

• About 8.2% of the US population has asthma
• That is 24.9 million people in the US
• 17.4 million adults have asthma
• 7.1 million children have asthma
• 14.2 million lost work days were due to asthma
• 10.5 million lost school days were due to asthma

You can read the full report at http://www.cdc.gov/asthma/

Allergy Injections Schedule

We will be opening a little bit later tomorrow Friday, July 16, 2010. We will open at 11:00 AM for allergy shots.

Spring Allergy Symptoms are on the Rise

With the warm spring weather seasonal spring allergy symptoms such as sneezing, itchy eyes, itchy nose, runny nose, coughing, wheezing, and extreme fatigue are on the rise. These miserable allergy symptoms are due to the tree pollens being released this time of the year. Every spring, during the months of April and May trees such as birch, ash, oak, maple and sycamore release millions of pollens that wreck havoc on millions of allergy sufferers causing allergic rhinitis and allergic conjunctivitis. These afflicted allergic individuals need to see a board-certified allergy doctor for allergy relief.

What can an Allergy Sufferer do to get Allergy Relief?

If you have disabling allergy symptoms from allergic rhinitis, conjunctivitis or asthma you can take these steps for allergy relief.

· Take your allergy medications daily throughout the allergy season. There are several excellent medications available over the counter for the allergy sufferer. Oral antihistamine tablets such as loratidine and cetirizine can be taken daily to help the sneezing, runny nose and itching. A very good eye drop allergy medication, ketotifen eye drops, is available over the counter which can give relief of allergic conjunctivitis.

· Stay indoors during peak pollen times of the day. Pollens are usually highest in the mornings so it would be advisable to do any outdoor activities in the afternoon or evening. If some outdoor chores need to be done, it would be a good idea to delegate these to non-allergy sufferers.

· Rain washes the air. An excellent time to really enjoy the outdoors is immediately after it rains. Rain is nature’s means of cleansing the air thus take advantage of the outdoors after it rains.

· See a Board-Certified Allergist. An allergist has several years of professional medical training thus can really understand your allergy problems better. Make sure to check that he is board-certified by the American Board of Allergy and Immunology, since some doctors claim to be allergists when they do not have the rigorous training required to become an allergist.

You can visit the ABAI website to find board certified allergists in the area. You can also check Cincinnati Magazine’s list of “2010 Top Doctors in Cincinnati” for allergists recommended by physicians in the community.

Get allergy relief. Stay well, stay healthy.

Severe H1N1 Swine Flu Up in South

Georgia's Rise in Flu Hospitalizations Worries CDC
By Daniel J DeNoon
WebMD Health News

March 29, 2010 -- H1N1 swine flu hospitalizations in Georgia have returned to October levels, triggering a nationwide CDC warning that too many at-risk people have not been vaccinated.

The Georgia findings today spurred the CDC to hold its first national news teleconference in weeks. During the height of the pandemic, the CDC scheduled two or three such news conferences weekly.

"Georgia had more than 40 hospitalizations from lab-confirmed H1N1 influenza this past week, and for the third week in a row had more of these than anywhere in the country," Anne Schuchat, MD, director of the CDC's respiratory disease center, said at the news conference.

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Change in Allergy Injections Schedule - April 2010

We will be closing earlier on Good Friday, April 2, 2010. Allergy injections will be given until 12 noon.

We will also be closed on Wednesday, April 7, 2010. Allergy injections will not be given that day.