According to the Drugs and Therapeutics Bulletin, Grazax - a new sublingual immunotherapy for grass allergies - is simply not cost effective. Research shows that the benefits to patients are quite modest, while the cost is quite high. Grazax is on the market England and costs £67.50 (about $100) for ...

Seasonal allergies are now in full swing. Trees and flowers are blooming and that means that pollen is in the air. Diet and lifestyle could be the reason behind more allergy sufferers. Professor Jean Emberlin of the University of Worcester says that lack of exercise, lack of sleep and stress ...

The weather here has been unusually warm - dry, sunny days where it's nice enough that your jacket stays at home. As a result, trees are starting to bud - and allergy season is just around the corner. Trees usually produce the first pollens of the year. That means folks ...

We are getting closer to Sublingual Immunotherapy (SLIT) in North America. Merck Sharpe and Dohme has now published a positive set of results for its phase III clinical trials of a SLIT treatment for grass allergy. Grass allergy is a common seasonal allergy that results in a host of symptoms, ...

Experts from the Global Allergy and Asthma European Network (GA2LEN) and the European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology say that first generation H1 antihistamines can be dangerous and should no longer be available over-the-counter (OTC). Apparently, the older style antihistamines have now been linked to both health and social ...