Word: cromolyn
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...antihistamine drugs in use for decades reduced swelling and other symptoms but led to drowsiness, an inconvenience in the office and a clear danger behind the wheel. But a newer antihistamine, terfenadine (trade name: Seldane), does not induce the need to nod. Other drugs helpful to allergy sufferers are cromolyn sodium, which in nasal-spray and eye-drop forms suppresses the release of histamine, and beclomethasone, triamcinolone and flunisolide, cortisone-based preparations that some doctors find to be even better inflammation fighters...
...guidelines for health-care workers that emphasize closer monitoring of lung function and more comprehensive care for the underlying condition. For any but the mildest cases of asthma, the nih recommends that doctors reorganize their first line of defense to include such anti-inflammatory agents as cromolyn sodium or inhaled steroids. This strategy, the experts believe, should lessen the number and severity of later complications...
...combat asthma, Sheffer says, the report suggested anti-inflammatory agents, two of which are cromolyn and corticosteroids. "Both drugs are administered by a metered dose inhaled," Sheffer says...
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