Oral cortisone in the treatment of hay fever

1.1. Fifty-one patients with hay fever, 10 of whom had seasonal pollen asthma, who had failed to benefit from specific pollen therapy and the antihistaminic drugs or other agents, were treated with one or more four-day courses of oral cortisone. In 42 patients, treatment with cortisone appeared to provide complete to satisfactory relief; 9 patients failed to obtain relief. 2.2. It is concluded that oral cortisone in the dosage used is effective in the treatment of hay fever.