Pharmacologic Substance
cromolyn sodium
Effect:
Decreased Histamine Activity; Decreased Histamine Release; Decreased Leukotriene Activity
May Prevent:
Asthma, Exercise-Induced
May Treat:
Asthma;
Bronchial Spasm;
Conjunctivitis;
Food Hypersensitivity;
Inflammatory Bowel Diseases;
Mastocytosis;
Rhinitis, Allergic, Perennial
More Information:
Definitions related to cromolyn sodium:
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A chromone complex that acts by inhibiting the release of chemical mediators from sensitized MAST CELLS. It is used in the prophylactic treatment of both allergic and exercise-induced asthma, but does not affect an established asthmatic attack.NLM Medical Subject HeadingsU.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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The sodium salt form of cromolyn, a mast cell stabilizer with anti-inflammatory activity. Cromolyn sodium probably interferes with the antigen-stimulated calcium transport across the mast cell membrane, thereby inhibiting mast cell release of histamine, leukotrienes, and other substances that cause hypersensitivity reactions. Cromolyn sodium also inhibits eosinophil chemotaxis.NCI ThesaurusU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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