Ketotifen WisdomCard™
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Research Notes on Ketotifen
Ketotifen (ophthalmic solutions marketed under the brand name Zaditor (Novartis) and Alaway (Bausch and Lomb) is an H1-antihistamine/mast cell stabilizer available in two forms. In its ophthalmic form, it is used to treat allergic conjunctivitis, or the itchy red eyes caused by allergies. ...read more at Wikipedia
Fast Facts:
- Available in both oral and ophthalmic forms
- Ketotifen oral should be used with caution in patients with: history of diabetes mellitus and epilepsy
- Not recommended for children under three years of age
- Remove contact lenses before applying ketotifen ophthalmic
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Latest Headlines on Ketotifen
What is Ketotifen?
- MESO-Rx: Ketotifen Background
- Cerner Multum (via Revolution Health): What Is Ketotifen Ophthalmic?
- A.D.A.M. (via University of Maryland Medical Center): Ketotifen
What are the Uses for Ketotifen?
- American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (via MedlinePlus): Why Is This Medication Prescribed?
- A.D.A.M. (via University of Maryland Medical Center): Ketotifen Use
- Health Digest: Ketotifen Ophthalmic Uses
What are the Side Effects, Interactions and Precautions for Ketotifen?
- Drugs.com: Ketotifen Side Effects
- First DataBank (via MedlinePlus): Ketotifen Oral Tablet Precautions
- A.D.A.M. (via University of Maryland Medical Center): Ketotifen Warnings/Precautions
- Cerner Multum (via Revolution Health): What Other Drugs Affect Ketotifen Ophthalmic?
What are the Alternatives to Ketotifen?
- OrganizedWisdom: Tetracycline
- OrganizedWisdom: Erythromycin
- OrganizedWisdom: Brethine
- OrganizedWisdom: Accolate
What are the Holistic Alternatives to Ketotifen?
- Home Remedies: Home Remedies For Conjunctivitis
- Herbal Home Remedies: Natural Home Remedy For Pink Eye
- Wellness Foods: Food That Helps Reduce Asthma Symptoms
- Mayo Clinic: Asthma: Lifestyle And Home Remedies
Wisdom, Blogs and Message Boards about Ketotifen
- HealthBoards: Allergies Message Board
- Yahoo Answers: Does Ketotifen Fumarate 0.025% Eye Dops Contain Cortisone?
Clinical Trials for Ketotifen
- ClinicalTrials.gov: Studies On Ketotifen
- CenterWatch: Ketotifen Clinical Trials
Abuse of Ketotifen
- RxMed: Symptoms And Treatment Of Overdose
- The Iowa Clinic: Symptoms Of Overdose
Scientific and Medical Journal Articles on Ketotifen
- PubMed Central: Articles On Ketotifen
- Google Scholar: Ketotifen Recent Articles
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- Contributor: Melinda Cheatwood
- Reviewer: Tara Salamone
- Supervised by: The OrganizedWisdom Physician Review Team
- Last update: Nov. 11, 2009
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- Contributor: Melinda Cheatwood
- Reviewer: Tara Salamone
- Supervised by: The OrganizedWisdom Physician Review Team
- Redirects: Ketotifen Uses, Ketotifen Warnings, Side Effects of Ketotifen, Alternitives to Ketotifen
- Last update: Nov. 10, 2009
Each WisdomCard is handcrafted by our team of physician-guided health advocates. Our goal is to make it easy for you to find the most useful health resources for any health topic by filtering out spam and bad links.
