“…48, 52], This last hypothesis is strengthened by the possibility of preventing EIA with drugs which inhibit the release of mediators. In this context sodium cromoglycate [1] is of special interest as it is useful in preventing bronchospasm due to exercise in both al lergic and nonallergic patients [10,13,22,38,40,41,46,49,53]. However, some pa tients fail to master the technique of inhal ing the dry powder, and a few experience a transient throat irritation.…”