Allergies Drugs

What is AH/MCS available OTC?

Ketotifen

Ketotifen: Name 2 trade names, %, type of drop, dosing

Alaway and Zaditor, 0.025% sol, bid

What is AH/MCS you Rx?

Olopatadine

Olopatadine: trade name, %, type of drop, dosing

Pataday 0.2% sol
Pazeo 0.7% sol
both qd

Which class of allergy medication takes 4 weeks to be effective?

MCS

What are some examples of MCS?

crolom, alomide, alamast, alocril

What are alternatives to allergy GTT?

wash face, cold compress, ATs, weak steroid (Alrex qid)

What does washing face do?

removes allergen from skin and lashes

What does cold compress do?

constricts BV

What does AT do?

dilutes & washes away allergen