[Lung functioning changes of asthmatic adults in treatment with cromolyn sodium and beclomethasone].

Background: In asthmatic patients, besides symptoms, international guidelines recommend the measure of lung functioning tests as a parameter leading to diagnostic classification and evaluation of the treatment's effect.

Objective: To determine the changes in the lung function of asthmatic adults in treatment with cromolyn sodium and beclomethasone.

Material And Methods: We made a clinical trial in adults with more than five years of persistent moderate asthma diagnosis.

[Assessment of the clinical efficacy and safety of epinastine plus pseudoephedrine vs loratadine plus pseudoephedrine in perennial allergic rhinitis].

Background: Several drugs for the treatment of perennial allergic rhinitis and its symptoms have been investigated since some years ago. These drugs are: steroidal-type immunoregulators, immunotherapy and antihistamines. Because of first generation of the last ones originated several side effects, pharmacological research was oriented to the search of formulas with the same of higher efficacy, but with fewer effects on central nervous system.