First, I wanna thank a long time friend and colleague, Ruth Schaffer (now a "colleague" in the science blogosphere) for guest blogging here at The PharmVoice.
I myself am dependent on Claritin to relieve me of my itchy symptoms and am fairly satisifed with the results. My son uses Fenistil drops and so far, it works. But according to the results of a survey released last week by The Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America (AAFA),
- 31% are not satisfied with their current allergy prescription
- 60% are interested in finding a new drug
- 55% said that their current medication does not relieve their allergy symptoms for a long enough period of time
- 44% said their medication doesn't provide quick enough relief
So many numbers. All it boils down to is the fact that a significant number of allergy sufferers are not satisfied with their medications, whether oral or nasal.
A lucrative market for pharmaceutical companies, I say, including manufacturers of generic allergy medications.
Ruth Schaffer writes at The Biotech Weblog, Allergizer and Let's Visit Asia.
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