Pharmacotherapy of allergic rhinitis during pregnancy (doctors prescriptions and recommendations under evidence-based medicine)
Allergic disease in women of childbearing age occur with a frequency of 20–30%, and may complicate the pregnancy. Elimination of allergens is imperative for the treatment of allergic rhinitis. Pharmacotherapy of disease includes the following groups of medicines: intranasal corticosteroids, antihistamines, mast cell stabilizers, topical decongestants, M-anticholinergics and leukotriene receptor antagonists. The results of the first in the Republic of Belarus pharmaco-epidemiological study «Medicines and Pregnancy» are presented in the article. Medical approaches to prescribing for the treatment of allergic rhinitis were analyzed. Recommendations are given in according with the available evidence base of medicines using during pregnancy.