What is Azelastine?
Azelastine is an antihistamine and mast cell stabilizer. As a nasal spray it is used to relieve seasonal allergies. As an ophthalmic preparation it is used to treat itching of the eye associated with seasonal allergic conjunctivitis.
Reasons taken & Efficacy
| Reasons taken | # of patients | Major | Moderate | Slight | None | Can’t tell | # of patients evaluated by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Allergies | 11 | 0 | |||||
| Other | 9 |
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3 | ||
| Sinusitis | 4 |
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1 | ||||
| Seasonal allergies | 4 |
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1 | ||||
| Support another treatment | 2 | 0 | |||||
| environmental allergies | 1 | 0 |
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Side Effects
Dosages
Stop Reasons
| Reason | # Patients | Percentage of patients | |
|---|---|---|---|
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Course of treatment ended
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2 | 40% |
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Personal research
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1 | 20% |
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Doctor's advice
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1 | 20% |
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Other
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1 | 20% |
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Patient Evaluations
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- thjuland
- Sex: M
- Sensation: Mild
- Overall: Mild
- Cognition: moderate
- Vision: moderate
- Speech: mild
- Swallowing: none
- Upper limb: moderate
- Walking: moderate
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- thjuland
- 548 mcg daily
- since Sep 21, 2008
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Efficacy
Major
for Other
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Side Effects
Mild
- Advice/Tips Astelin is the most effective sinus treatment I have ever had. See full evaluation
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- Lucky Tex
- Sex: M
- Mouth/throat: none
- Arms: moderate
- Chest: moderate
- Legs: moderate
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- Lucky Tex
- 137mg as needed
- since Aug 15, 2008
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Efficacy
Slight
for General health
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Side Effects
None
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- NicoleH
- Sex: F
- Mouth/throat: mild
- Arms: mild
- Chest: none
- Legs: moderate
- Type: Upper Motor Neuron
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- NicoleH
- 548 mcg daily
- since Jan 20, 2009
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Efficacy
Moderate
for Other
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Side Effects
Mild
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See all 6 patient evaluations
Report created on November 21, 2009.