In your message dated Thursday 4, July 1996 you wrote :
Mary , Your results are very interesting. Hopefully you have seen mine by now.
Have any of your Kenalog patients had any side effects?
Rob
> I've done a further rearrangement of my search on hayfever/allergic
> rhinitis-pollens .
> It looks as though these patients (977 of them) receive a steady,low
> level of antihistamine prescriptions , with an increase in the months
> when kenalog was prescribed.
>
> Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
> Ken 94 9 20 4
> Ken 95 1 1 5 18 18 6 2
> Ken 96 5 8 25
> A/hist94 11 7 11 18 110 131 81 26 12 9 13 10
> A/hist95 13 10 17 30 88 127 77 41 14 11 20 10
> A/hist96 19 16 18 36 89 69
>
> There _are_ limits to this type of search - without MIQUEST I have no
> idea how many of these patients have had more than one kenalog injection
> - although we do try to discourage multiple injections in the same
> year..
> Any ideas? I know quite a lot of our patients have topical therapy -
> nasal spray +/- otrovin/antistan or opticrom eye drops..
> *Is* this worth persuing - or shall I chase this as a practice audit? I
> must say, I'm beginning to wonder about the management of hayfever in my
> practice..
> Mary
> --
> Mary Hawking
> Kingsbury Court Surgery
> Church Street
> Dunstable
> Beds LU5 4RS
> tel:01582 601289 (home)
> 01582 663218 (surgery)
> fax:01582 476488 (surgery)
>
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Robert bracchi
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