Cromoglicic acid
Cromoglicic acid is an active ingredient of the class «Topical decongestant».
Chemical compound
What it is used for
- Inflammatory bowel diseases
- Food allergy
- Asthma
- Conjunctivitis
- Mastocytosis
- Ocular changes
- Eczema
- Nasal congestion
- Obstructive lung disease
- Abdominal pain
- Urticaria
- Allergic conjunctivitis
- Vomiting
- Headache
GASTROCROM is indicated in the management of patients with mastocytosis. Use of this product has been associated with improvement in diarrhea, flushing, headaches, vomiting, urticaria, abdominal pain, nausea, and itching in some patients.
How it works
- Unknown
Class: Topical decongestant
Common side effects
The most frequently reported adverse events in mastocytosis patients who have received GASTROCROM during clinical studies were headache and diarrhea, each of which occurred in 4 of the 87 patients.
Who should not take it
GASTROCROM is contraindicated in those patients who have shown hypersensitivity to cromolyn sodium.
Pregnancy and breastfeeding
In reproductive studies in pregnant mice, rats, and rabbits, cromolyn sodium produced no evidence of fetal malformations at subcutaneous doses up to 540 mg/kg in mice (approximately equal to the maximum recommended daily oral dose in adults on a mg/m 2…
It is not known whether this drug is excreted in human milk. Because many drugs are excreted in human milk, caution should be exercised when GASTROCROM is administered to a nursing woman.
Interactions
Brand names
United States
Gastrocrom · Intal · Nasalcrom · Opticrom
Canada
Anti-Allergy EYE Drops · Cromolyn EYE Drops · Lupin-Sodium Cromoglicate · Nalcrom
Other trade names
Aerocrom · Allercrom · Aspire · Brol-eze · Catacrom · Clariteyes · Crolom · Cromogen · Cromogen e-breathe · Cromolux · Cromoptic · Cromosol · Cromosol optha · Cusilyn · Dominion pharma hayfever · Eye-crom · Glycavent · Gppe syncroner inha · Hay-crom · Intal 5
Approval status
- US Food and Drug Administration
- prescription and over-the-counter products · since 1982
- Health Canada
- prescription and over-the-counter products · marketed
- First approval anywhere
- 1982
Codes
- ATC
- A07EB01, D11AH03, R01AC01, R03BC01, S01GX01
- RxNorm CUI
- 42612
- ChEMBL
- CHEMBL428880
- PubChem CID
- 2882
- UNII
- Y0TK0FS77W
- Wikidata
- Q416427
Frequently asked questions
What is Cromoglicic acid used for?
Cromoglicic acid is used for: Inflammatory bowel diseases, Food allergy, Asthma, Conjunctivitis, Mastocytosis, Ocular changes, Eczema, and Nasal congestion.
What kind of medicine is Cromoglicic acid?
Cromoglicic acid is an active ingredient of the class «Topical decongestant».
What are the brand names of Cromoglicic acid?
Brand names of Cromoglicic acid include Gastrocrom, Intal, Nasalcrom, Opticrom, Anti-Allergy EYE Drops, Cromolyn EYE Drops, Lupin-Sodium Cromoglicate, and Nalcrom.
Medicines in the same class
Sources and licences
- ChEMBL (CC BY-SA 3.0)
- Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- openFDA / DailyMed (public domain)
- Health Canada Drug Product Database (Open Government Licence – Canada)