QUESTION Otitis media is a very common condition in pediatrics and can be quite distressing for children and their parents. Is there a role for antihistamines and decongestants in the management of acute otitis media orotitis media with effusion in children? ANSWER Traditionally, antihistamines and decongestants have been used in the treatment of otitis media;however, recent guidelines, which...

Persistent middle ear effusion is a common cause of hearing impairment and remains underdiagnosed, particularly among younger children. Detection can be improved by adequate follow-up of otitis media. Decisions on management need to take into account the child's age, duration and severity of illness, degree of hearing impairment, and any evidence of learning difficulties. There is no definitive...

Cold is generally characterized by initial symptoms of a stuffy nose, sore throat, runny mild fever, headache, fever. Infection cold viral infection. The lasts for maximum two weeks. primarily affects the nose and mainly upper respiratory tract throat are affected. cause infection, many viruses responsible cold. treatment prescribed medical practitioners involves analgesic, antihistamine, decon...

Purpose: Abuse of medications implies that the user is using them for reasons other than those indicated in prescribing literature. Psychotropic are capable affecting mind, motions, and behavior humans. This study sought to determine perception community pharmacists about pattern psychotropic medication abuse among their customers.Methods: A descriptive, cross-sectional carried out Surulere axi...

OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of nasal decongestants, oral decongestants and oral decongestant-antihistamines in the treatment of acute otitis media and resolution of the middle ear effusion in children. PATIENTS AND METHODS 355 ears of 318 children [160 boys (179 ears) and 158 girls (176 ears)] who were diagnosed to have acute otitis media and treated for...

Decongestants and antihistamines are known to produce effects capable of adversely modifying physiological function and psychomotor task performance. Because of relevance to safe pilot performance, the effects of single doses of two decongestant-antihistamine preparations (Compound A and Compound B), or a placebo on cardiorespiratory responses to two equally spaced +2 Gz tests during separate 2...

Upper respiratory tract infections are the commonest reason for consultation in primary care. Group A beta-haemolytic Streptococcus (GABHS), the most important bacterial pathogen in this condition, can be cultured from about 30% of patients, more so in children than adults. Clinical features that are predictive of positive GABHS culture are absence of cough, fever, cervical adenopathy, tonsilla...

This reference guide contains highlights from the Clinical Practice Guideline, Otitis Media with Effusion in Young Children. The Otitis Media Guideline Panel, a private-sector panel of health care providers, developed the Guideline after comprehensively analyzing the research literature and current scientific knowledge of the development, diagnosis, and treatment of otitis media with effusion i...

A total of 466 healthy adults from four different regions of England entered a double-blind, randomised trial to test the effectiveness of an antihistamine (triprolidine) and a decongestant (pseudoephedrine), alone or in combination, in relieving symptoms of the common cold. During the study 199 subjects reported a total of 243 colds. Subjects recorded the severity of 12 symptoms during treatme...