NOVEL REMEDIES FOR ALLERGIC DISEASES

Disclosed are anti-inflammatory agents, antiallergic agents, particularly prophylactically and/or therapeutically effective drugs for type I and/or IV allergic conditions, and further pharmaceutical drugs for prophylactically and/or therapeutically treating bronchial asthma, atopic diseases, etc. The inventive drugs comprising a prophylactically and/or therapeutically effective amount of a hydroxamic acid derivative are active in the prophylaxis and/or therapy of allergy, especially type I and/or IV allergy, etc. The drugs are active in prophylactically and/or therapeutically treating inflammation, rhinitis, conjunctivitis, bronchial asthma, atopic diseases (including dermatitis, enteritis, etc.), or allergic gastroenterocolitis (allergic inflammation in digestive tract). The application of such drugs leads to (A) reduction of cells (such as lymphocytes, neutrophils, mast cells, eosinophils, basophils, macrophages and monocytes) at a diseased site, and/or (B) alleviation of inflammatory symptoms caused by migration, infiltration or accumulation of cells (such as lymphocytes, neutrophils, mast cells, eosinophils, basophils, macrophages and monocytes) to (or at) the diseased site, (C) inhibition of pathophysiological functions in cells (such as lymphocytes, neutrophils, mast cells, eosinophils, basophils, macrophages, monocytes, Langerhans cell and dendritic cells), and/or (D) reducing the blood level or inhibiting the production, of antibodies, especially IgE. Accordingly, the drugs are useful in the prophylaxis and/or therapy of diseases, disorders or ill conditions at the site.