For chronic urticaria it is often necessary to use more than one medication. I agree, however, that long term use of ranitidine, which is an H2 antihistamine, may not be the best approach. I would con sider...
The usual response in someone on long-term systemic steroids (either oral or frequent injections) is suppression of the body's ability to make its own corticosteroids. In your case, the cortisol level being...
Bronchiecstasis is the result of repeated infections such as pneumonia or bronchitis. It is actually small pockets of infection throughout the lung. It is commonly seen in people with lowered resistan ce...
There is no cure for asthma. Asthma is a multifaceted chronic disease of the lung's airways which is often genetically predetermined. Medications may stabilize and prevent progression of the disease b ut...
It would be unlikely that taking an antihistamine would cause a rapid heartbeat. Often people confuse antihistamines (which actually are histamine receptor blockers) with decongestants which do have a stimulant...
I doubt that Advair would be related to a first time seizure. The incidence of single unprovoked seizures is 23-61 per 100,000 person-years. As Dr. Wenzel mentioned, Advair contains a topically inhale d...