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Sodium cromoglycate delivered by pressurized aerosol in the treatment of asthma
Author(s) -
SO S. Y.,
YU D. Y. C.
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
clinical and experimental allergy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.462
H-Index - 154
eISSN - 1365-2222
pISSN - 0954-7894
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2222.1981.tb01622.x
Subject(s) - sodium cromoglycate , aerosol , asthma , inhalation , medicine , anesthesia , disodium cromoglycate , chemistry , organic chemistry
Summary Sodium cromoglycate (SCG) powder often clumps in the presence of high humidity, making inhalation ineffective. A pressurized aerosol containing 1 mg SCG per actuation was made; and a double‐blind cross‐over trial in twenty‐four young patients with perennial extrinsic asthma over 8 weeks showed that 2 mg of SCG aerosol was as effective as 20 mg of the powder, and almost all patients preferred using the aerosol.