There is no statistical validity of the benefit of a five-day course of using antihistamines and / or corticosteroids in combination with antibiotics in the treatment of acute otitis media (otitis media-AOM).

Moreover, according to pediatrician professor Tasnee Chonmaitree from the pediatric department of the medical faculty of the University of Texas, the use of antihistamines in the treatment of otitis significantly prolongs the accumulation of fluid in the middle ear.

Professor believes this fact is very important, since antihistamines are often included in the complex therapy of otitis combined with acute respiratory diseases. In this regard, practitioners should avoid prescribing most common non-prescription drugs used to treat acute respiratory viral infections complicated by acute otitis media. The negative effect of antihistamines in otitis was so pronounced that scientists considered it unethical to continue research in this direction of medicus. En.

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