A group of researchers have announced that they are developing a revolutionary nasal spray that could potentially blow away hay fever and related conditions.
Human trials of the drug that stops the allergic reactions will begin within weeks, with the results available early next year.
Allergy
An allergy is a hypersensitive disorder of immune system. Substances that often cause allergic reactions are pollen, dust mites, mold spores, pet dander, food, insect stings and medicines.
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If the tests are successful, allergy charities hope the treatment, to be administered with an inhaler, will dramatically help sufferers of the often-debilitating respiratory condition.
Besides hayfever, the treatment will stop the symptoms of asthma from developing but without any serious side effects.
"A lot of people out there with asthma are not happy with the current therapy. This could be very big both medically and financially," the Daily Express quoted Clive Page, professor of pharmacology at King's College London, as saying.
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Allergy medications may indeed make a subsequent allergic attack even stronger, according to a study.
"The current inhalers can have debilitating side-effects. We hope this will give people the same kind of cover but without the side-effects. This is a better way of treating the underlying effects of the diseases and we are cautiously optimistic," Page added.
The drug compound is being hailed as a big step forward in the treatment of asthma and hayfever because it does not involve steroids or other compounds that can have side effects.
The compound, RPL554, is the invention of Sir David Jack, the former research director of GlaxoSmithKline, who developed some of the main respiratory drugs in use today, including the asthma treatment Ventolin.
Source: ANI
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"A lot of people out there with asthma are not happy with the current therapy. This could be very big both medically and financially," the Daily Express quoted Clive Page, professor of pharmacology at King's College London, as saying.
Allergy Medications may Aggravate Subsequent Allergic Attack
Allergy medications may indeed make a subsequent allergic attack even stronger, according to a study.
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"The current inhalers can have debilitating side-effects. We hope this will give people the same kind of cover but without the side-effects. This is a better way of treating the underlying effects of the diseases and we are cautiously optimistic," Page added.
The drug compound is being hailed as a big step forward in the treatment of asthma and hayfever because it does not involve steroids or other compounds that can have side effects.
The compound, RPL554, is the invention of Sir David Jack, the former research director of GlaxoSmithKline, who developed some of the main respiratory drugs in use today, including the asthma treatment Ventolin.
Source: ANI
RAS/SK
Study Finds Gene Responsible for Allergy
A gene responsible for allergic diseases has been found by scientists in Munich, Germany.
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