When do you take your cromolyn? Mine says take it 1/2 hour after a meal. Is that right? I would think it would be before a meal, I asked the pharmacist and he said it was correct.
Melissa

I was told to have Brie takes it 1/2 hour BEFORE each meal and at bedtime.

                                                                  Kim

I would just take it on an empty stomach 1/2 hour or so before meals.  I would also contact the Physician who wrote the prescription for you to verify how he or she wrote the Prescription out and if they truly wrote it wrong then educate them  

                                                                    Kim

Thanks Kim, mine is a powder thats in a capsule. It's says nothing about emptying into water. It just says take it 1/2 after a meal. I asked the pharmacist and he double checked and said yes thats correct. I'm kind of afraid to question the doctor, it's a new relationship and I don't wanna question her knowledge too much considering this is a fairly new relationship and she knows my history and difficulty with my past doctors not listening to me. So I don't wanna appear to be a no it all. But I wanna take the prescription correctly, I'm going to talk to the pharmacist again and maybe he can call the doctor.
Melissa

I didn't realize you had the powder in the capsule.  Brie takes the liquid that is mixed in water.  I believe there are a few others on this forum that use the powder so lets ask them -  can anyone else who takes the powder form give some advice on this please?  Thank You,

                                                                       Kim

I know, what the heck! Sandi what your saying makes more sence.
Melissa

There are mixed thoughts on when to take gastrocrom.  Some docs say to take it 1/2 hour before meals, but my GI doctor, who is an expert in mastocytic enterocolitis, Crohn's, and celiac, says it doesn't matter.  He said his wife sucks it right out of the ampule without mixing it, and also said I could take it with meals.  I would think taking it in capsule form with a glass of water wouldn't be much different from mixing it before taking it.

I thought it worked both ways, although I tended to take it on an empty stomach, unless I forgot. Then I'd take it anyway, regardless.  After 2 months of it, 4 times a day, Align once a day, bromelain with meat or fat meals, I was able to stop the gastrocrom without a return of symptoms in about 5 months now, unless I eat tomatoes or other high histamine food.  Still don't ever eat leftover meat.  

Stopping might not work for everyone, so ask your doc if you decide to.  Also, I have gotten some ringing in my ears that coincided with taking it.  Don't know for sure if it's related, but the company is still gathering side effect data, so call them and report any side effects.