Intra‐nasal beclomethasone dipropionate and intra‐nasal sodium cromoglycate: a comparative trial

Abstract

Summary Ten patients with either seasonal allergic or perennial rhinitis were treated with intra‐nasal beclomethasone dipropionate B.P. (Beconase) and nine comparable patients were treated with sodium cromoglycate B.P. (Rynacrom). The beclomethasone dipropionate was administered as 50 μg per puff into each nostril three times a day and the sodium cromoglycate as one capsule insufflated into each nostril four times a day. Treatments were allocated on a randomized basis and each patient received a course of treatment lasting 2 weeks during the summer of 1973 when the pollen counts were high. Utilizing patient daily symptom diary cards, physician's assessment and by examination of the nasal mucosa prior to and at the end of treatment, it was concluded that both intra‐nasal beclomethasone dipropionate and intra‐nasal sodium cromoglycate effect a reduction in the symptoms associated with rhinitis. No side effects of importance were noted, nor were there any adverse changes observed in the state of the nasal mucosa.