Nocturnal asthma is potentially dangerous' 2 and may be difficult to treat. Slow release oral preparations of methylxanthines3 or high dose aerosol treatment with /2 stimulants4 have been advocated. In our experience, however, both of these groups of drugs may be quite ineffective in some patients and many patients cannot tolerate methylxanthines in effective doses. The dose of sympathomimetic ...

Over a two year period 100 infants with histories of wheeze were challenged with nebulised water. They were sedated and lung function measured by total body plethysmography. Thirteen of the 53 infants who developed bronchoconstriction after challenge with nebulised water were given nebulised sodium cromoglycate and rechallenged with nebulised water. All infants were initially challenged with no...

The inhalation of sodium cromoglycate (SCG) is an effective and widely used treatment for asthma. Rarely, reactions to this drug, such as pulmonary eosinophilia, allergic granulomatosis, anaphylaxis, angioneurotic oedema, urticaria, and skin eruptions, have been reported.' Although mild wheeze may develop in some patients after inhaling SCG, in only one patient has the provocation of severe bro...

the exact role of the epithelial lining of the trachea in modulating the bronchial tone is controversial. the present study was an attempt to verify the role of both prostaglandins and mast cells in the acute phase of acid inspiration in rat. four groups (n = 6) of n. mari rats were employed. the first group was used as placebo control, and normal saline was injected. to the second group hydroc...