Cost-effectiveness of H1-antihistamines.
In the health care arena, assessment of a medication's clinical efficacy is no longer enough. It is important to confirm the medication's cost-effectiveness and the improvement in quality of life it provides in relationship to other options in therapy. H1-antagonists are widely used in the treatment of many atopic disorders, especially allergic rhinitis. This review has pointed out cost-effectiveness and quality-of-life studies comparing the different H1-antagonists among themselves, and with other treatments used in allergic rhinitis, such as intranasal corticosteroids and allergen immunotherapy. Cost-effective analyses among H1-antagonists in other allergic diseases, such as atopic dermatitis, urticaria and angioedema, and asthma, are lacking at this time.
University of Tennessee Center for the Health Sciences, College of Medicine, Memphis, Tennessee, USA.
Michael S
MS
Blaiss
D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D017850:Economics, Pharmaceutical; D017048:Health Care Costs; D006634:Histamine H1 Antagonists / Q000191:economics / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D012221:Rhinitis, Allergic, Perennial / Q000188:drug therapy*; D006255:Rhinitis, Allergic, Seasonal / Q000188:drug therapy*
D006634:Histamine H1 Antagonists