For patients with chronic spontaneous urticaria who remain symptomatic despite maximally dosed second-generation H1 antihistamines, do you notice any meaningful difference in symptom response with add-on montelukast versus famotidine?
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For CSU that remains symptomatic despite maximally dosed second-generation H1 antihistamines, which add-on do you typically prefer before escalation to biologic therapy?
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Allergy & Immunology · PennState Health
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So, I am not impressed with the addition of H2 blockers, and the guidelines support my lack of enthusiasm. As for montelukast, a couple of articles suggest benefit, and it may be worth a 3-week trial, but if there is no benefit in a month, I would drop it off.
There are a couple of manuscripts sugge...
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