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Antihistamine use linked to extra pounds

Posted by Promolife On August - 26 - 2010

From Reuters Health:

“People who use prescription antihistamines to relieve allergy symptoms may be more likely than non-users to carry excess pounds, a new study suggests, although the significance of the connection is not yet clear.

In a study of 867 U.S. adults, researchers at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut, found that prescription antihistamine users were more likely to be overweight or obese than non-users were.

Among the 268 antihistamine users, 45 percent were overweight, versus 30 percent of the 599 study participants not on the medications.”

Here’s the link: Link. Discussion of natural allergy treatments is welcome.

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