Allergy season is extending year-round1. Are your patients prepared?
With events like hurricanes and wildfires increasing environmental variabilities, our understanding of seasonal vs year-round allergies is changing.2
Environmental variabilities may be triggering year-round allergy symptoms (2-4).
Across many parts of the United States, environmental variabilities have extended allergy season by at least 20 days.3
The geographic distribution of pollen may be changing, leaving travelers exposed year-round to non-native allergens.1
Higher temperatures, increased rainfall, and rising levels of CO2 are associated with longer and more concentrated seasonal pollen counts.5
Peak pollen season is trending toward arriving faster and lasting longer (5,6).
Various concentrations of allergens are migrating to new and different parts of the United States.1
This means you might see an increase in patients encountering new allergens and struggling with allergic rhinitis (AR) symptoms throughout the year.1
ZYRTEC® delivers fast* and effective† improvement for year-round allergy symptoms (7).
A full 24 hours of symptom relief8
Wherever your patients are, there’s relief of symptoms that may be triggered by more than 200 types of allergens8
ZYRTEC® improves quality of life measures 9‡ (ie, daily activity) and reduces bothersome symptoms for year-round allergy sufferers so they can get back to their daily routine10§
Year-round allergy symptoms affect patients’ quality of life (2).
Patients with AR rate their overall health lower, have worse sleep function, and are less productive than those without AR.2
Symptoms with the greatest negative impact on quality of life2:
Sleep disturbances
Otologic symptoms
Itchy watery eyes
Patients with perennial allergic rhinitis taking ZYRTEC® experienced(7†)
Up to 52% improvement in TSSC scores after just 1 week of therapy
Reduced group mean TSSC scores in up to 62.2% of patients, maintained throughout 8 weeks of therapy
Itchy water eyes
-0.3 to -1.8 mean change from baseline
Sneezing and runny, itchy nose
-0.7 to -2.6 mean change from baseline
Get the details on pollen
Use helpful resources to start conversations with your patients about changes in pollen season.
A family of ZYRTEC® products to choose from
For your patients who suffer from year-round allergy symptoms, ZYRTEC® provides effective, 24-hour allergy relief.8
Free symptom tracking, weather forecasts, and pollen counts
Patients can manage their allergy symptoms with ZYRTEC® AllergyCast® and share their information with you.
With allergy season year-round, symptoms are a daily struggle (1).
Hear experts discuss the impact on patients’ quality of life.
TSSC=Total Symptom Severity Complex.
*Starts working hard at hour 1.8
†Data from a longitudinal analysis of 4 clinical trials lasting 4 to 8 weeks for patients taking ZYRTEC® 5 mg or 10 mg (n=463) vs placebo (n=391).7
‡Data from a 5-week double-blind study of patients with moderate to severe (based on Rhinitis. Quality of Life Questionnaire domain scores) perennial allergic rhinitis receiving ZYRTEC® 10 mg (n=158) vs placebo )n=163).9
§Data from a retrospective analysis of a 4-week randomized controlled trial of patients with moderate to severe (based on Rhinitis Quality of Life Questionnaire domain scores) perennial allergic rhinitis receiving ZYRTEC® 10 mg (n=157) vs placebo (n=162).10
¶Based on a cross-sectional study of 522 patients with nasal allergy and 400 control patients.2
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