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With emerging therapies, what is your general treatment ladder for chronic spontaneous urticaria (CSU)?

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Dermatology · Harvard Medical School/Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Antihistamines remain the first-line therapy for CSU, and doses should be optimized before turning to other therapies. If patients fail a trial of adequately-dosed 1st and 2nd gen antihistamines, montelukast is a reasonable adjunct. For patients with high IgE, omalizumab is an excellent choice. For ...

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