Vol.95 No.5 contentsPRACTICA OTO-RHINO-LARYNGOLOGICA
Vol. 95 No. 5 May 2002
The Effect of Prophylactic Treatment with Bepotastine in
Patients with Japanese Cedar Pollinosis
Nobuo Ohta, Naoko Akatsuka, Fumiaki Saito and Masaru Aoyagi
(Yamagata University)
Kazutoshi Inamura and Daisuke Noda
(Yamagata Prefectural Sinjou Hospital)
Seigi Gon and Akihiro Ishida
(Yamagata Prefectural Kahoku Hospital)
The clinical effect of Bepotastine in patients with Japanese cedar allergy was investigated before and after the start of the pollen season. Symptom score, medication score and symptom-medication score were significantly lower in patients treated before the pollen season than in those treated after it started.
These results indicate that Bepotastine is useful for the treatment of Japanese cedar pollinosis.
Key words : prophylactic treatment, Japanese cedar pollinosis, Bepotastine