Guest guest Posted December 15, 2001 Report Share Posted December 15, 2001 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. Air hugs, Jackie Life is tough, but I'm tougher. _________________________________________________________________ Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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