Many medications are becoming available over the counter (OTC), but some allergy medicines are still most safely administered with an allergy doctor’s prescription through a pharmacy. The FDA Nonprescription Drugs Advisory Committee and the Pulmonary Allergy Drugs Advisory Committee recently recommended that a popular allergy tablet, Singulair, NOT be made available to the public without
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Read more →The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has just approved the first sublingual (under the tongue) allergen extract for the treatment of allergic rhinitis (hay fever) caused by grass pollen sensitivity. The tablet, marketed as Oralair, is a potential alternative to traditional allergy shots used in the management of hay fever sufferers. Adults and children who
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