Intal

What Is Intal?

Intal (cromolyn sodium) is an anti-inflammatory drug indicated in the management of patients with bronchial asthma. Intal is available as a generic drug.

What Are Side Effects of Intal?

Common side effects of Intal include:

• throat irritation or dryness,
• unusual or unpleasant taste in your mouth,
• cough,
• wheezing,
• nausea,
• heartburn,
• stomach pain,
• sneezing,
• stuffy or itchy nose,
• watery eyes,
• burning or bleeding of your nose,
• urinating more or less than usual,
• dizziness,
• drowsiness, or
• headache.

Tell your doctor if you have serious side effects of Intal including:

• severe wheezing or chest tightness just after inhaling the medication;
• skin rash, bruising, severe tingling, numbness, pain, muscle weakness; or
• fever, swollen glands, rash or itching, joint pain, and a general ill feeling.

Dosage for Intal

Intal inhaler delivers about 800 mcg per inhalation. For management of bronchial asthma in adults and pediatric patients (5 years of age and over), the usual starting dosage is two metered inhalations four times daily at regular intervals. This dose should not be exceeded. Effective Intal Inhaler therapy is dependent upon its administration at regular intervals, as directed.

What Drugs, Substances, or Supplements Interact with Intal?

Intal may interact with other medicines in a nebulizer. Tell your doctor all medications and supplements you use.

Intal During Pregnancy or Breastfeeding

Tell your doctor if you are pregnant or plan to become pregnant during treatment with Intal; it is not expected to be harmful to a fetus. It is unknown if Intal passes into breast milk or if it could harm a nursing baby. Consult your doctor before breastfeeding. Adverse effects of this drug could become apparent only after many years; a benefit/risk consideration of the long-term use of the Intal Inhaler is particularly important in pediatric patients.

Additional Information

Our Intal (cromolyn sodium) Side Effects Drug Center provides a comprehensive view of available drug information on the potential side effects when taking this medication.

 

Intal Consumer Information

Get emergency medical help if you have signs of an allergic reaction: hives; difficult breathing; swelling of your face, lips, tongue, or throat.

Call your doctor at once if you have:

• worsening asthma symptoms; or
• coughing, wheezing, choking, or other breathing problems after using this medicine.

Common side effects may include:

• sneezing, stuffy nose;
• cough; or
• mild wheezing.

This is not a complete list of side effects and others may occur. Call your doctor for medical advice about side effects. You may report side effects to FDA at 1-800-FDA-1088.

Read the entire detailed patient monograph for Intal (Cromolyn Sodium Inhalation Aerosol)

 

Intal Professional Information

SIDE EFFECTS

In controlled clinical studies of Intal Inhaler, the most frequently reported adverse reactions attributed to cromolyn sodium treatment were:

Throat irritation or dryness
Bad taste
Cough
Wheeze
Nausea

The most frequently reported adverse reactions attributed to other forms of cromolyn sodium (on the basis of reoccurrence following readministration) involve the respiratory tract and are: bronchospasm [sometimes severe, associated with a precipitous fall in pulmonary function (FEV₁)], cough, laryngeal edema (rare), nasal congestion (sometimes severe), pharyngeal irritation, and wheezing.

Adverse reactions which occur infrequently and are associated with administration of the drug are: anaphylaxis, angioedema, dizziness, dysuria and urinary frequency, joint swelling and pain, lacrimation, nausea and headache, rash, swollen parotid gland, urticaria, pulmonary infiltrates with eosinophilia, substernal burning, and myopathy.

The following adverse reactions have been reported as rare events and it is unclear whether they are attributable to the drug: anemia, exfoliative dermatitis, hemoptysis, hoarseness, myalgia, nephrosis, periarteritic vasculitis, pericarditis, peripheral neuritis, photodermatitis, sneezing, drowsiness, nasal itching, nasal bleeding, nasal burning, serum sickness, stomachache, polymyositis, vertigo, and liver disease.

Read the entire FDA prescribing information for Intal (Cromolyn Sodium Inhalation Aerosol)