Treatment of Severe Anaphylactic Reactions to Insect Stings

Sublingual Isoprenaline in Treatment of Primary Pulmonary Hypertension: Discussion Paper

“…ISP is more easily taken by inhalation than sublingually, since sublingual administration involves keeping a tablet under the tongue and trying to inhibit swallowing-for at least 10 minutes. In fact, it is difficult to see any justification for the continued use of this route of administration of ISP (see Ackroyd 1981). For patients who find it difficult to inhale ISP from pressurized canisters, an alternative form of therapy which might be investigated is the oral ad-ministration of protokylol, a derivative of ISP which is said to be effective when given by mouth (Weiner 1980).…”