Polcrom 20 mg / ml is an antiallergic preparation in the form of eye drops.
It should be instilled into the conjunctival sac 1 or 2 drops 4 times a day at equal intervals
time.
The active substance is sodium cromoglycate. 1 ml of the solution contains 20 mg of sodium cromoglycate.
The other ingredients are: sorbitol; disodium phosphate dodecahydrate; sodium dihydrogen phosphate
monohydrate; edetate disodium; sodium chloride; polysorbate 80; benzalkonium chloride solution; Purified Water.
Polcrom is an antiallergy medicine that contains sodium cromoglycate. It inhibits the release of histamine and other substances involved in the course of allergic reactions (so-called cell mediators). Thanks to this, an allergic reaction does not occur. The preparation is very well tolerated because the reaction of the drops (pH value) is the same as that of the tears.
Polcrom is used:
- in allergic conjunctivitis and keratitis (including spring and seasonal).
If you are allergic to sodium cromoglycate or any of the other ingredients of this preparation
Like all medicines, this medicine can cause side effects, although not everybody gets them.
Occasionally, temporary burning or stinging of the conjunctiva may occur. Other topical symptoms
irritation has been rarely reported.
Very rarely in patients with severely damaged clear layer of the eye (cornea)
cloudy spots on the cornea caused by calcium build-up during treatment have been observed.
Talk to your doctor or pharmacist before using Polcrom.
Use of other medications
Tell the doctor or pharmacist about all the preparations that the patient is taking now or recently, and about the preparations that the patient is going to take.
Polcrom preparation interactions with other preparations are not expected
Pregnancy
The preparation can be used during pregnancy only if absolutely necessary.
Breast-feeding
It is unknown whether sodium cromoglycate is excreted in human milk. However, caution should be exercised as
although it is unlikely that the medicine will pass into breast milk and work
undesirable in a child who is breastfed.