Efficacy of Desloratadine Citrate Disodium in the Treatment of Allergic Rhinitis / 中国药师

ABSTRACT

Objective:To observe the clinical effect and safety of desloratadine citrate disodium in the treatment of allergic rhinitis ( AR) . Methods:Totally 80 patients were randomly divided into the control group and the observation group with 40 ones in each. There was no difference in gender, age, duration of allergic rhinitis, classification of serological specificity IgE between the two groups (P>0. 05). The observation group was treated with desloratadine citrate disodium tablets 8. 8mg, po, qd. The control group was given loratadine 10mg, po, qd. The treatment course was 12 days. All the patients were not given corticosteroids and other antihistamines. The clinical symptoms and signs integral, curative effect and adverse drug reactions during the treatment were observed. Results: In the observation group, 23 cases were markedly effective, 13 cases were effective, 3 cases were ineffective, one case didn’ t finish the study, and the total effective rate was 92. 30%. In the control group, the above index was 10 cases, 18 cases, 10 cases, 2 cases and 73. 68%, respectively. There was statistically significant difference in the total effective rate between the two groups (P<0. 05). The symptoms and signs integral after the treatment in the observation group was significantly decreased compared with that in the control group, and the difference was statistically significant (P<0. 05). The incidence of adverse drug reactions in the observed group was obviously lower than that in the control group. Conclusion:Compared with that of loratadine, the clinical efficacy of desloratadine cit-rate disodium tablets is better in the treatment of AR with good safety.