Table 3: Medication use during study period
Medication use	Treatment group
	Fluticasone	Terfenadine
No. of patients using    Fluticasone alone    Terfenadine alone    Both	16 0 15	0 4 26
Fluticasone
Mean no. of puffs daily per patient (and SD)	5.27 (1.62)	2.61 (1.97)
No. of patients using    0 bottles    1 bottle    2 bottles	0 7 24	4 17 9
Total no. of bottles used	55	35
Terfenadine
Mean no. of tablets daily per patient (and SD)	0.13 (0.28)	2.07 (0.43)
No. of patients using    0 packages    1 package*    2 packages    3 packages	16 13 2 0	0 0 6 24
Total no. of packages used	17	84
*One package = 36 tablets.

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