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Two drugs, cromolyn sodium and nedocromil sodium, are highly effective agents in the therapy of asthma, allergic rhinitis, and allergic eye disease. They exert their beneficial effects through anti-inflammatory mechanisms and thus have been called nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory agents. They are not, however, chemically or by mechanism related to the prostaglandin synthetase inhibitors commonly referred to as nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs.
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Lieberman, P. (1997). Nonsteroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs for the Treatment of Asthma and Allergic Disease. In: Lieberman, P., Anderson, J.A. (eds) Allergic Diseases. Current Clinical Practice. Humana Press, Totowa, NJ. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-2591-9_19
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