Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site rti-sel.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!mcnc!rti-sel!wfi From: wfi@rti-sel.UUCP (William Ingogly) Newsgroups: net.med Subject: Cromolyn Eyedrops Message-ID: <344@rti-sel.UUCP> Date: Sun, 11-Aug-85 19:23:47 EDT Article-I.D.: rti-sel.344 Posted: Sun Aug 11 19:23:47 1985 Date-Received: Wed, 14-Aug-85 00:30:46 EDT Distribution: net Organization: Research Triangle Institute, NC Lines: 21 I have bad pollen allergies from May through September, and my ophthalmologist recently put me on eyedrops containing cromolyn sodium (brand name: Opticrom). She said these eyedrops had come on the market a few months ago, and she'd done some research on them. I'm to use them through September then call her back and let her know how things are going. The eyedrops work extremely well, but I'm hesitant to commit myself to putting something in my eyes for extended periods of time if it's still experimental or is known to cause problems in some people (I can see the newspaper headline now: CROMOLYN FOUND TO CAUSE TEAR DUCT CANCERS THAT RESEMBLE CASABA MELONS; NATION IN PANIC). Cromolyn sodium has been used for a longer period of time, I believe, in nosedrops. Does anyone out there have any experience with these nosedrops, or know of any bad reactions/side effects to them? Better still, is anyone familiar with the literature on cromolyn sodium and its safety? Just what the heck IS cromolyn sodium, anyway? A friend taking cortisone thought it was related somehow to cortisone. -- Cheers, Bill Ingogly