Abstract
Cetirizine, terfenadine, astemizole and loratadine are commonly used for the treatment of allergic rhinitis in Canada. All four medications have proven to be efficacious in standard clinical trials, but there has been no conclusive clinical evaluation of their relative times to onset of action.
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
Access this chapter
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
Preview
Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.
Editor information
Editors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 1997 Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
About this paper
Cite this paper
Day, J.H., Buckeridge, D., Briscoe, M., Welsh, A., Buttars, J.A. (1997). Onset of Action and Efficacy of Astemizole, Cetirizine, Loratadine, and Terfenadine as Tested by Controlled Antigen Challenge in an Environmental Exposure Unit. In: Ring, J., Behrendt, H., Vieluf, D. (eds) New Trends in Allergy IV. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-60419-5_60
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-60419-5_60
Publisher Name: Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg
Print ISBN: 978-3-642-64398-9
Online ISBN: 978-3-642-60419-5
eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive