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EU bans cough syrup chemical over severe allergies

Medical Xpress

Cough medicines containing the chemical pholcodine should be banned due to the risk of potentially deadly allergic reactions in people under general anaesthetic, the European Union's drug regulator said Friday.

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Maternal Antibodies: How Allergies Can be Passed from Mothers to Children

XTalks

It has long been known that mothers greatly influence the development of the growing fetus by not only providing nutrients through the placenta, but also a growing list of biological elements including beneficial antibodies, gut bacteria and now, allergies. Related: Red Meat Allergy Test Gets FDA Clearance.

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LASTACAFT® Provides Eye Allergy Itch Relief in Minutes that Lasts Through 16 Hours

The Pharma Data

Itchy allergy eyes affect an estimated 40% of Americans 1. Allergan, an AbbVie (NYSE: ABBV) company, today announced that LASTACAFT ® (alcaftadine ophthalmic solution 0.25%) is now available without a prescription for the estimated 40% of Americans 1 who live with ocular allergies. 2 Following the recent U.S.

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Fewer Food Allergies in Kids If Mom Drinks Milk While Breastfeeding: Study

The Pharma Data

4, 2021 — Mothers who drink cow’s milk while breastfeeding may reduce their child’s risk of developing food allergies , a new Swedish study suggests. “Though the association is clear, we do not claim that drinking cow’s milk would be a general cure for food allergies,” she said in a university news release.

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Topline Results from NIH-Sponsored Clinical Trial of Investigational COVID-19 Hyperimmune Globulin Medicine

The Pharma Data

The CoVIg-19 Plasma Alliance today announced that the Phase 3 Inpatient Treatment with Anti-Coronavirus Immunoglobulin (ITAC) clinical trial sponsored and funded by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), did not meet its endpoints.

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EHR Systems: Tackling Physician Burnout with AMA’s 2023 Research Grants

XTalks

Stanford University School of Medicine will evaluate the frequency of text messaging in the inpatient setting using EHR event log data, and analyze the relationships between team stability, inbox message frequency and order entry errors. They also enhance patient safety by providing alerts for potential drug interactions or allergies.

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NEW FEXOFENADINE over the counter – Allevia tablets

Druggist

First-generation antihistamines can also be used to help manage allergies. Fexofenadine over the counter will be available as a branded product – Allevia 120mg tablets (each tablet contain 120mg of fexofenadine hydrochloride). Taking Allevia tablets with other medicines. Can pregnant women take fexofenadine?