Dr. John Santilli

"There are a variety of allergy medications that claim to provide different types of allergy symptom relief," said John Santilli, M.D., co-chair of ACAAI's rhinitis and sinusitis committee.
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"Allergic disorders affect more than 40 million Americans and is the sixth leading source of chronic illness in the United States," said Dr. Santilli.

"There are a variety of allergy medications that claim to provide different types of allergy symptom relief," said John Santilli, M.D., co-chair of ACAAI's rhinitis and sinusitis committee."Although the prescribed treatments at least provide some relief, there is considerable room for improvement."

In the survey, physicians said the most important attributes when evaluating an allergy medication are its abilities to be fast-acting, provide 24-hour symptom relief and to be non-sedating (69 percent of allergists, 66 percent of PCPs and more than 90 percent of both allergists and PCPs rated each attribute, respectively, at least very important if not absolutely essential).

However, when asked whether current medications were living up to these attributes, allergists responded that prescription oral antihistamines required some amount of improvement in their abilities to be fast-acting, providing 24-hour symptom relief and being non-sedating (95 percent, 95 percent and 83 percent, respectively).

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"Allergic disorders affect more than 40 million Americans and is the sixth leading source of chronic illness in the United States," said Dr. Santilli."It's important that people recognize what triggers their allergies and ask their doctors for the best form of treatment available --knowing that improved or enhanced treatments are on the horizon."

The survey, made possible by an educational grant from Sepracor, is being released at the ACAAI annual conference in Orlando, Fla.The physicians' responses coincide with a variety of topics planned for discussion concerning allergies, asthma and immunology, including potential new allergy treatments under development.

The American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology is a professional medical organization comprised of 4,200 qualified allergists-immunologists and related health care professionals headquartered in Arlington Heights, Ill.

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