H1-antihistamine up-dosing in chronic spontaneous urticaria: patients' perspective of effectiveness and side effects--a retrospective survey study.

BACKGROUND: The guidelines recommend that first line treatment of chronic spontaneous urticaria should be second generation non-sedating H(1)-antihistamines with a positive recommendation against the use of old sedating first generation antihistamines. If standard dosing is not effective, increasing...

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Main Authors: Karsten Weller, Claudia Ziege, Petra Staubach, Knut Brockow, Frank Siebenhaar, Karoline Krause, Sabine Altrichter, Martin K Church, Marcus Maurer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3164658?pdf=render