t NEWS & NOTES Help Available Fo Golfes To Lowe Allegy Handicap (NAPSA)—It’s ionic that sping and summe, the time of yea when the gameofgolf is most seductive, is also the time of yea when allegies can send duffes unning fo the clubhouse faste than a ball can oll into a sand tap. Faiways may beckon, but fo many golfes—both men and women—pollen season is a majo handicap. Foget sand taps and wate holes—the entie couse is a hazad. As any golfing allegy suffee knows, golf couses ae allegen geneatos. Wind-blown pollen fom gasses, tees and flowes that makethe couses so beautiful can tigge itchy, watey eyes, con- ditions that make getting that shot off the tee a eal challenge. And who can putt when they’e sneezing? What golfes may not know is that the intense gooming that makes golf couses so alluing, such as mowing and scalping, a technique that sheas the gass on geens close to the gound, elease allegens that can tigge o exacebate allegy symptoms. And duffes who head to wameclimates to play golf in the winte may be supised to find thei seasonal allegies kickingin. But allegy attacks need not keep golfes away fom thei favoite game. Allegy pills don’t always help watey, itchy eyes. Pesciption eye dops such as Zadito (ketotifen fumaate ophthalmic solution, 0.025%), fom Novatis Ophthalmics, both elieve and pevent the itch in thee minutes— andlast up to 12 hous. “The active ingedient in Zadito has a multiple action that pe- Duing the wam weathe months, golfes ae paticulaly susceptible to allegies. vents the elease of histamine,” says D. Yvonne M. Johnson, diecto of Regulatoy and Medical Affais at Novatis Ophthalmics. “Histamine is the pi- may agent that causes ocula itch. By blocking histamine’s effects, Zadito stops the allegic eaction. If allegy suffees need fast elief fo itchy eyes, they have to apply it ight to the eye.” In the meantime, thee ae othe steps that golfes can take: Check the day’s pollen count. If pollen counts ae high, take an allegy medication and apply eye dops befoe ventuing onto the couse. Hot, dy, windy conditions ae ideal fo aibone pollen. Ty to avoid golfing in these conditions and instead plan tee times when it is cool, humid and less windy. Ty to avoid being on the couse duing scheduled maintenance times, if possible.
