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. 1970 Nov 7;4(5731):337–339. doi: 10.1136/bmj.4.5731.337

Exercise Asthma and Disodium Cromoglycate

H Poppius, A Muittari, K-E Kreus, O Korhonen, A Viljanen
PMCID: PMC1819702  PMID: 5472805

Abstract

Exercise-induced asthma (defined as a fall in PEF of at least 25% of the pre-exercise value) was studied in adult patients with uncomplicated asthma. This was found to occur in 22 out of 52 patients. Pre-exercise inhalation of disodium cromoglycate reduced the mean fall in PEF after maximal exercise from 50% of the pre-exercise value to 23% (open assessment in 11 cases). After submaximal exercise for eight minutes the reduction was from 18% to 10% (double-blind crossover study in 28 cases). It is concluded that disodium cromoglycate partly inhibits the increase of airways resistance after exercise in asthmatic patients.

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