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Antibiotics should be reserved for cases of acute sinusitis where there is a high probability of bacterial disease, researchers writing in The Lancet have concluded. The Lancet abstract: http://tinyurl.com/5r25ng Copyright: [...]

Antibiotics only marginally speed up recovery from sinusitis, a Cochrane review has concluded. The analysis drew on data from 57 studies involving 16,000 patients. www.library.nhs.uk Copyright: CMP Information [...]

Common treatments for acute sinusitis including an antibiotic and a topical steroid have been shown to be no more effective than placebo, according to a comparison published by JAMA. In [...]

Intra-nasal corticosteroids (INCS) have modest benefit in the treatment of acute sinusitis, say Cochrane researchers. Analysis of four randomised placebo-controlled trials of 1,943 participants treated for 15 or 21 days [...]