Chronic cough eludes treatment in allergy specialty offices

Current treatments for chronic cough fail to effectively resolve its symptoms, indicating a need to develop new therapies, according to the results of a survey of allergy specialists published in Annals of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology.
In fact, these specialists indicated that more than 50% of their patients with chronic cough did not rate any of these treatments as “very effective,” Bruce Prenner, MD, associate clinical professor in the division of allergy, immunology and rheumatology at the University of California San Diego School of Medicine, and colleagues wrote.
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Current treatments for chronic cough fail to effectively resolve its symptoms, indicating a need to develop new therapies, according to the results of a survey of allergy specialists published in Annals of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology.
In fact, these specialists indicated that more than 50% of their patients with chronic cough did not rate any of these treatments as “very effective,” Bruce Prenner, MD, associate clinical professor in the division of allergy, immunology and rheumatology at the University of California San Diego School of Medicine, and colleagues wrote.
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