Do you recommend patients try antihistamines such as oral ketotifen that are not approved in the US but are approved in the EU for MCAS if currently available formulations have not been effective?
Answer from: at Community Practice
Oral ketotifen is a mast cell stabilizer as well as an antihistamine that targets the H1 histamine receptor. In patients with mast cell activation syndrome that have not had complete symptom relief with second-generation H1 antihistamines at higher doses, including 4 tablets a day, I will consider o...
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at University of Arizona College of Medicine Most of my patients who use ketotifen order it fro...
Most of my patients who use ketotifen order it fro...