Treatment of patients with chronic idiopathic urticaria

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Brett E. Stanaland
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[1] University of South Florida Health Sciences Center,Division of Allergy and Immunology
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Clinical Reviews in Allergy & Immunology | 2002年 / 23卷
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Urticaria; hives; therapy; treatment;
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Treatment of patients with chronic idiopathic urticaria (CIU) involves reducing symptoms with the least invasive therapy and carefully balancing risk and benefit. The mainstay of therapy is the use of antihistamines with or without the use of intermittent pulses of corticosteroids. Alternative therapies to chronic corticosteroids include leukotriene antagonists, plasma-phoresis, dapsone, stanazolol, hydroxychloroquine, methotrexate, cyclosporin, tacrolimus, and warfarin. A practical approach to CIU bases treatment and severity on the patients' previous response to therapy. Therapy goals are to reduce symptoms until spontaneous resolution occurs. Management of CIU patients can be both frustrating and rewarding.
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