Objectives: To provide physicians with current guidelines for the diagnosis and optimal
management of asthma in children and adults, including pregnant women and the elderly, in …

Background: In diagnosing cough due to asthma, methacholine chloride inhalation
challenge (MIC) interpreted in a traditional fashion has been shown to have positive …

Synopsis Nedocromil sodium, the disodium salt of a pyranoquinoline dicarboxylic acid, has
anti-inflammatory properties in vitro, in animal models of asthma, and in humans, as …

In a multicenter, double-blind, group comparative trial, the efficacy of nedocromil sodium
(nedocromil, 4 mg, four times daily [qid]), cromolyn sodium (2 mg, qid), and placebo was …

Inhaled nedocromil sodium, an anti-inflammatory agent for the maintenance treatment of
asthma, has been the subject of many clinical trials but only a proportion have been …

There is increasing evidence that the sensory nerves of the airway play a role in the
asthmatic response. Nerve endings are exposed by the epithelial shedding that occurs with …

Nedocromil sodium (4 mg bd or qid) was added to the therapy of 76chronic asthmatic
patients in a four-centre, double-blind cross-over, placebo-controlled trial. Patients had …

In a double-blind, double-placebo, randomized crossover study, we compared the effects of
6 wk of treatment with the anti-inflammatory drug nedocromil sodium (16 mg/day) with 6 wk …

We conducted a double-blind parallel-group study to compare the efficacy of inhaled
nedocromil sodium and inhaled sodium cromogylcate in patients aged 50 years or over with …

Nedocromil sodium (NS) has been shown to inhibit the late asthma response to inhaled
antigen and to control symptoms in chronic asthma; in both processes the eosinophil is …