New and Only Over-The-Counter Anti-Histamine Nasal Spray

Up until now, there has been three anti-histamine nasal sprays in the United States market available only by prescription... Astelin, Astepro, and Patanase.

However, in May 2011, Meda Pharma announced a new anti-histamine nasal spray Rhinolast Allergy that is available over-the-counter.

The active ingredient is azelastine, the same one as found in the prescription nasal spray Astelin and Astepro.

Azelastine has a triple mode of action: anti-histamine effect, m,ast-cell stabilizing effect, and anti-inflammatory effect. Azelastine has a rapid onset of action of 15 minutes.

It can be used from the age of 5 years.

This nasal spray can be used in combination with other over-the-counter anti-histamines medications taken orally like zyrtec, claritin, allegra, and benadryl.

Read more about this new nasal spray here.

Read more about allergy medications in general here.

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Pediatric ENT Care of Warrenton, Virginia (Fauquier County)

Recently, there has been some confusion regarding whether our office deals with adults only or do we see kids as well... Strangely enough, we also get asked by parents whether our office sees adults when seeing a pediatric patient.

To clear up any confusion, our office does see kids AND adults... starting from birth to the elderly.

Dr. Chang who joined the office in October 2005, was named one of America's Top Physicians by the Consumer's Research Council of America in 2008 as well as a Northern Virginia Top Doctor for 2011 (to be published in February 2011).

Some common problems and procedures for which Dr. Chang sees kids specifically include:

- Tongue Tie Release (starting from ONE DAY OLD!)
- Tonsillectomy
- Adenoidectomy
- Sinus Surgery starting with adolescents
- Ear Tube placement
- Hearing Loss
- Nasal Obstruction
- Nasal Congestion
- Snotty Nose
- Speech Delay
AND many other issues...

Our office has even created videos on a few common pediatric procedures including tonsillectomy, adenoidectomy, earwax removal, ear tubes placement. Watch the video below on tonsillectomy.

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Storybooks to Help Prepare a Child for Surgery

Children love stories and as it so happens, there are a few books to help prepare a child for surgery so that hopefully everything won't be as strange or scary. All these books can be purchased from Amazon.com. The first group is for tonsillectomy and/or adenoidectomy. The last group is for ear tubes placement.

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New Sleep Lab That Offers Sleep Studies From Age 2 Years to Adults!

I was recently informed that we finally have a sleep lab that can perform sleep studies not only in adults, but also in kids as young as 2 years of age. Prior to this lab, kids had to be sent to Charlottesville, VA or Washington DC in order to obtain a sleep study.

The sleep lab is called 1st Class Sleep Center and they are located in Gainesville, VA. They share the same parking lot as the Lake Manassas Cancer Center.

This is quite the boom in terms of convenience for patients.

You can check them out here.

Address:
7915 Lake MAnassas Drive, Suite 305
Gainesville, VA 20155

Phone:
703-385-9222

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