■ Medications for Nasal Allergy Allergic Conjunctivitis　（ｱﾚﾙｷﾞｰ性鼻炎・結膜炎の薬）

2009.2.6

■Treatment Options for Nasal Allergy １.　Treatment Options for Nasal Allergy ・Oral Medications Medications mainly contain antihistamines, which may make you sleepy. Therefore, it is necessar y to avoid using them before driving or doing dangerous work. You may take the medication before going to bed and use nasal spray during day time. Mequitazine Celestamine ・Nasal Spray Unlike oral medications, because the medicine in nasal spray is directly delivered to the nasal mucous membranes, it has no sleepy side effect. But you may feel inconvenient to carry it arou nd, and it may make the nasal passageways sting and may have various effectiveness in people. TetryzolineFluticason PropionateOxymetazoline HydrochlorideAldecin ２.　Preventive Medications Nasal allergy symptoms are not easy to control once they occur, therefore, prevention is very important. Prevention medications, taking control of nasal allergy or lightening the symptoms if it happens, can be daily used two weeks before symptoms worsen or until the symptoms are controlled ・Oral Medications Oral pills are convenient but may have various effectiveness in people and sometimes make sleepy. Azelastine Zaditen Alesion Onon ・Nasal Spray Intal is usually prescribed because it is the most effective one and has less side-effect even for a long term use. But it is inconvenient to use 4〜5 times a day, and it may irritate the nose to cause sneezing. Intal ■Medications for allergic conjunctivitis In many case, nasal allergy often accompanies allergic conjunctivitis. Medications in the form of eyedr ops are mainly used to treat allergic conjunctivitis. １.　Medications for allergic conjunctivitis symptoms ( itchy, red, irritating） Depending on symptoms, weak or strong eyedrops may be prescribed. Dipotassium Glycyrrhizinate Oxymetazoline Hydrochloride Rinderon-A ２.　Preventive Medications For allergic conjunctivitis, Intal is also effective. Intal

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