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Allergies
Knocking the Wind Out of Asthmatics: Help from Hippocrates
July 10th, 2009
Last week the FDA knocked the wind out of asthmatics by requesting the manufacturers of Singulair, a popular leukotriene blocking asthma and allergy drug, to upgrade their warning against psychotic side effects. Further respiratory distress was imposed on Zicam users when the FDA also announced warnings that the drug may cause a loss of smell. What's an allergy sufferer to do' The manufacturers of the ALCAT Test, a food intolerance test, suggest going back to Hippocrates' dictum, "Let thy food be thy medicine and thy medicine be thy food". Last week while the FDA was issuing warnings about allergy drugs in the United States, researchers from the...
Source: Health Business Week (2009-07-10)
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