What is the best substitute for the intal inhaler? I have Rosacea and cannot use inhaled steroids.
I also have had a dissected aorter caused by high blood pressure.
Tilade is similar to Intal.
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gold fish
Wednesday, August 26, 2009 at 11:17 PM
intal IS an inhaled steroid.and from what I understand all the substitues for intal have been discontinued so I dont know what you can replace that with. good luck though finding something
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Donna
Friday, October 09, 2009 at 12:03 AM
Intal is not a steroid.
Unfortunately all the information in this site about Intal is separated into several strings that must each be read separately. I am hoping website staff can read this & respond - I looked for a link to "contact us" but didn't see one.
Donna
Tracey74
Friday, October 09, 2009 at 12:18 AM
well then my dr was wrong because she said it is a steroid, doesn't matter much now since they quit making it.
Donna
Friday, October 09, 2009 at 01:55 PM
My only suggestion is to maybe get a second opinion. Even the smartest & most wonderful doctors have been known to make mistakes. Everything I have ever been told indicates that Intal, which is the brand name for the active ingredient, chromolyn sodium, is not a steroid. I am not a doctor, & I would just hate for you to miss out on anything that might be helpful to you - so ask your doctor or another doctor or your pharmacist.
Also, while Intal is no longer available, chromolyn sodium is still available as ampules to use with a nebulizer. From my reading on this site, it also seems that Intal is still available, paying out of pocket, from a website called panthermeds.com - which the writers have used & been happy with.
I wish you well,
Donna
I understand Tilade has been discontinued also.