Mast cell stabilizer

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Mast cell stabilizers are medications used to prevent or control certain allergic disorders. They block a calcium channel essential for mast cell degranulation, stabilizing the cell and so prevent the release of histamine and related mediators.

As inhalers thay are used to treat asthma, as nasal sprays to treat Hay fever (allergic rhinitis) and as eye drops for allergic conjunctivitis. Finally in oral form they are used to treat the rare condition of mastocytosis.



Medications commonly used in asthma and COPD (primarily R03) edit
Anticholinergics:

Ipratropium, Tiotropium
Short acting β2-agonists:

Salbutamol, Terbutaline
Long acting β2-agonists (LABA): Clenbuterol, Formoterol, Salmeterol
Corticosteroids:

Beclometasone, Budesonide, Fluticasone
Leukotriene antagonists:

Montelukast, Pranlukast, Zafirlukast
Xanthines:

Aminophylline, Theobromine, Theophylline
Mast cell stabilizers:

Cromoglicate, Nedocromil
Combination products:

Budesonide/formoterol, Fluticasone/salmeterol, Ipratropium/salbutamol
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