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A double‐blind comparison of ketotifen and disodium cromoglycate in atopic adult asthmatics

Abstract

The therapeutic effects of inhaled disodium cromoglycate (DSCG) and orally administered ketotifen were compared in thirty atopic asthmatics aged 15-34 years during a 22-week double-blind parallel group study. Ketotifen is a cycloheptathiophene with experimental antihistaminic, anti-allergic and anti-anaphylactic effects equal or superior to those of DSCG. During the first 6 weeks of treatment, mean airflow meter readings increased and …

Authors

SEARS MR

Journal

Clinical & Experimental Allergy, Vol. 13, No. 3, pp. 253–262

Publisher

Wiley

Publication Date

May 1983

DOI

10.1111/j.1365-2222.1983.tb02596.x

ISSN

0954-7894