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Published on: June 4, 2017
[Consumption of allergy medicines in 2000 and 2001: data from 12 Primary Medical Insurance Offices (CPAM) in the
B Christophe1, F Clouet, A Gillet
1Pavillon 5F, Centre Hospitalier Lyon-Sud-69310 Pierre-Bénite.
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.
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