[Consumption of allergy medicines in 2000 and 2001: data from 12 Primary Medical Insurance Offices (CPAM) in the Rhône-Alpes region].

Abstract

OBJECTIVES:

Comparison of the annual consumption of different classes of antiallergy medicines in the Rhône-Alpes region and as a function of the pollen calendar.

MATERIAL AND METHODS:

Exhaustive review, over all the beneficiaries of the general system of social security aged from 6 to 65 years, of the number of weekly supplies: non-cholinergic oral antihistamines (antiH1), anti-allergy nasal sprays, anti-allergy eye lotions, delayed release injectable orticosteroids. In the twelve Primary Offices of Medical Assurance of the Rhône-Alpes region for the years 2000 and 2001. The results are expressed as the number of units (boxes)/100 beneficiaries.

RESULTS:

The principal reports are: Consumptions vary in a parallel way between the different regions with a south > north and plain > mountain gradient between the different therapeutic classes (per os > local administration); a fluctuation closely linked to the presence of allergizing pollens: ragweed is responsible for high consumption in all the departments except the two Savoie. The observed peak of pollinization of birch in 2001 was associated with a peak of deliveries. These data confirm the value of data of medicines consumption both economically and medically.

• Authors: B Christophe, F Clouet, A Gillet, R Harf
• Journal: European annals of allergy and clinical immunology (Eur Ann Allergy Clin Immunol) Vol. 35 Issue 5 Pg. 154-7 (May 2003) ISSN: 1764-1489 [Print] Italy
• Vernacular Title: Consommation de médicaments allergiques en 2000 et en 2001: données des douze CPAM de la région Rhône-Alpes.
• PMID: 12838777 (Publication Type: English Abstract, Journal Article)

Chemical References

• Adrenal Cortex Hormones
• Anti-Allergic Agents
• Delayed-Action Preparations
• Histamine H1 Antagonists
• Ophthalmic Solutions

Topics

• Adrenal Cortex Hormones (therapeutic use)
• Anti-Allergic Agents (therapeutic use)
• Conjunctivitis, Allergic (drug therapy, epidemiology)
• Delayed-Action Preparations
• Drug Utilization (statistics & numerical data)
• France
• Histamine H1 Antagonists (therapeutic use)
• Humans
• Injections
• Insurance, Health, Reimbursement (statistics & numerical data)
• Ophthalmic Solutions
• Retrospective Studies
• Rhinitis, Allergic, Seasonal (drug therapy, epidemiology)