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Chronic urticaria

2017-11-16 07:26:13
I have been suffering from skin allergy from past 10 years and have been taking levocetrazine for 4-5 years whenever itching persists to avoid hives and rashes on my body.........At present I am taking half of 5mg levocetrazine after every 2 days but initially was taking regularly then with a gap of 1 day....So kindly suggest me cure for this skin allergy and wheather is it safe to take it for so long??
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