Conclusions
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Septilin has a sterilising effect on the organism with Acute Rhino-sinusitis.
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Clinical improvement precedes stage of bacteriological sterility.
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Recovery is much speedier when treatment with Septilin is combined with antral lavage (as compared with a control series).
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In cases of Rhino-sinusitis with associated Vasomotor Rhinitis, a longer regime of treatment with Septilin was required.
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Septilin was useful in cases allergic to
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No toxic reactions were seen during the course of treatment.
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No drug resistance was noted.
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Septilin was not found quite useful in cases with frank allergic rhinitis.
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Cooper, R.A.F., Merchant, N.R. Indigenous drug combination in the treatment of Rhinosinal infections and Allergic Rhinitis. Indian J Otolaryngol 10, 141–147 (1958). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03047783
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03047783