Medical term:
lodoxamide
lodoxamide
[lo-dok´sah-mīd]a mast cell stabilizer that inhibits immediate hypersensitivity, applied topically to the eye as the tromethamine salt for treatment of allergen-induced conjunctivitis, keratitis, and keratoconjunctivitis.
Miller-Keane Encyclopedia and Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing, and Allied Health, Seventh Edition. © 2003 by Saunders, an imprint of Elsevier, Inc. All rights reserved.
lodoxamide
A mast cell-stabilizing drug that prevents the release of HISTAMINE in allergic conditions, formulated as eye drops for the treatment of allergic CONJUNCTIVITIS. A brand name is Aldomide.Collins Dictionary of Medicine © Robert M. Youngson 2004, 2005
mast cell stabilizers
Prophylactic drugs used to treat allergic conjunctivitis, vernal conjunctivitis, giant pupillary conjunctivitis, superior limbic keratoconjunctivitis. They act by stabilizing the membranes of mast cells thus preventing the release of histamine. Common agents are sodium cromoglicate (cromolyn sodium), lodoxamide, nedocromil sodium, olopatadine hydrochloride and pemirolast potassium. See antihistamine; hypersensitivity.
Millodot: Dictionary of Optometry and Visual Science, 7th edition. © 2009 Butterworth-Heinemann
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