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From: wfi@rti-sel.UUCP (William Ingogly)
Newsgroups: net.med
Subject: Cromolyn Eyedrops
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Date: Sun, 11-Aug-85 19:23:47 EDT
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Posted: Sun Aug 11 19:23:47 1985
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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