Mast cell stabilizer

Mast cell stabilizers are cromone medications used to prevent or control certain allergic disorders. They block a calcium channel essential for mast cell degranulation, stabilizing the cell and thereby preventing the release of histamine^[1] and related mediators. One suspected pharmacodynamic mechanism is the blocking of IgE-regulated calcium channels. Without intracellular calcium, the histamine vesicles cannot fuse to the cell membrane and degranulate.

As inhalers they 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.

Examples

Mast cell stabilizer medications include:

References

↑ Allergy medications: Know your options

Drugs for obstructive airway diseases: asthma/COPD (R03)

Adrenergics, inhalants

Short-acting β₂ agonists	Bitolterol Carbuterol Fenoterol Pirbuterol Procaterol Reproterol Rimiterol Salbutamol (albuterol)^#/Levosalbutamol (levalbuterol) Terbutaline Tulobuterol

Long-acting β₂ agonists (LABA)	Bambuterol Clenbuterol Formoterol/Arformoterol Salmeterol Salmefamol

Ultra-long-acting β₂ agonists	Indacaterol Olodaterol Vilanterol

Other	Epinephrine^# Hexoprenaline Isoprenaline (isoproterenol) Orciprenaline (metaproterenol)

Glucocorticoids

Anticholinergics/
muscarinic antagonist

Mast cell stabilizers

Xanthines

Eicosanoid inhibition

Leukotriene antagonists	Montelukast Pranlukast Zafirlukast

Arachidonate 5-lipoxygenase inhibitors	Baicalein^§ Caffeic acid^§ Curcumin^§ Hyperforin^§ Meclofenamate sodium^§ St John's wort^§ Zileuton

Thromboxane receptor antagonists	Ramatroban Seratrodast

Non-xanthine PDE4 inhibitors	Ibudilast Roflumilast

Others/unknown

Combination products

^#WHO-EM
^‡Withdrawn from market
Clinical trials:
- ^†Phase III
- ^§Never to phase III

Decongestants and other nasal preparations (R01)

Topical

Sympathomimetics, plain	Cyclopentamine Ephedrine Epinephrine Fenoxazoline Levomethamphetamine Metizoline Naphazoline Oxymetazoline Phenylephrine Propylhexedrine Tetryzoline Tramazoline Tuaminoheptane Tymazoline Xylometazoline

Antiallergic agents, excluding corticosteroids	Spaglumic acid histamine antagonists (Levocabastine Antazoline Thonzylamine) mast cell stabilizer (some are also antihistamines) (Cromoglicic acid Nedocromil Azelastine Olopatadine Lodoxamide)

Corticosteroids	Beclometasone dipropionate Betamethasone Budesonide Ciclesonide Dexamethasone Flunisolide Fluticasone Mometasone furoate Prednisolone Tixocortol Triamcinolone

Other nasal preparations	Cafaminol Calcium hexamine thiocyanate Eucalyptus oil Framycetin Hexamidine Hyaluronan Ipratropium bromide Mupirocin Retinol Ritiometan Saline water

Systemic use:
Sympathomimetics

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