Cromolyn sodium (Gastrocrom) - names used in other countries

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Cromolyn sodium comes in many forms, under various names - as an inhaled

drug for treating asthma and exercise-induced bronchospasm (also helps in

anaphylaxis), as a nasal solution for allergic rhinitis, and of course as an

oral form (Gastrocrom) for treating mastocytosis. Since there are multiple

forms of it, even here in the US it goes by many names.

To help everyone worldwide, here are the various names cromolyn sodium is

marketed under (from Mosby's Drug Consult, Copyright © 2002 Mosby, Inc.):

Alerbul Nasal (Colombia); Alerbul Oftalmico (Colombia); Allergo-comod

(Germany); Allergocrom (Taiwan, Korea); Allerzect (Korea); Cromabak

(Hong-Kong); Cromal-5 Inhaler (Bahrain, Cyprus, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Jordan,

Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Oman, Qatar, Republic-of-Yemen, Saudi-Arabia, Syria,

United-Arab-Emirates, South-Africa); Cromo-Asma (Spain); Cromogen (Israel);

Cromoglicic Acid (US); Cromogloz *; Cromolyn (Bahrain, Cyprus, Egypt, Iran,

Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Oman, Qatar, Republic-of-Yemen,

Saudi-Arabia, Syria, United-Arab-Emirates); Cromoptic (France); Cromunal

(Israel); Cronase (Israel); Dadcrome (Bahrain, Cyprus, Egypt, Iran, Iraq,

Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Oman, Qatar, Republic-of-Yemen,

Saudi-Arabia, Syria, United-Arab-Emirates); Fintal (India); Frenal (Italy);

Gastrocrom (US); Hay-Crom (South-Africa); Ifiral (India); Inostral *; Intal

(US); Intal Forte (Australia); Lomudal (Benin, Burkina-Faso, Ethiopia,

Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory-Coast, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mali,

Mauritania, Mauritius, Morocco, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Seychelles,

Sierra-Leone, South-Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Tunia, Uganda, Zambia,

Zimbabwe, Denmark, Greece, Sweden, Finland, Norway, Italy, Netherlands,

Switzerland, Belgium, France); Lomudal Gastrointestinum (Finland); Lomudal

Nasal (Finland, Sweden); Lomudal Nesespray (Norway); Lomupren-Nasenspray

(Austria); Lomusol (France, Austria, Belgium); Lomusol Forte (Netherlands);

Lomusol Nasenspray (Austria); Nalcrom (Netherlands, England, Canada,

South-Africa, Israel, Hong-Kong, New-Zealand, Italy); Nasalcrom (US);

Nazotral (Colombia); Opticrom (US); Opticron (France); Rynacrom (Australia,

New-Zealand; Benin, Burkina-Faso, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea,

Ivory-Coast, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Morocco,

Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra-Leone, South-Africa, Sudan,

Tanzania, Tunia, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe; Bahamas, Barbados, Belize,

Bermuda, Curacao, Guyana, Jamaica, Netherland-Antilles, Surinam, Trinidad;

Bahrain, Cyprus, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Oman,

Qatar, Republic-of-Yemen, Saudi-Arabia, Syria, United-Arab-Emirates,

Costa-Rica, Dominican-Republic, El-Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua,

Panama, Mexico, Finland, Portugal, Hong-Kong, Malaysia, Korea); Rynacrom M

(Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Curacao, Guyana, Jamaica,

Netherland-Antilles, Surinam, Trinidad, Hong-Kong, Thailand); Vicrom

(New-Zealand); Vistacrom (Costa-Rica, Dominican-Republic, El-Salvador,

Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, South-Africa); Vividrin (Malaysia,

Philippines, Thailand)

* Indicates foreign drugs without region specification at time of

publication.

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