Unifylin 200 mg (Tablet)
Unit Price: ৳ 8.00 (5 x 10: ৳ 400.00)
Strip Price: ৳ 80.00
Medicine Details
| Category | Details |
|---|---|
| Generic | Doxophylline |
| Company | General pharmaceuticals ltd |
| Also available as |
Product Title
- Unifylin Bronchodilator
Categories
- Medicine
- Bronchodilator
- Respiratory Care
Description
- Used to treat indications like Bronchial asthma, Bronchospasm, COPD, Pulmonary disease with spastic bronchial component
- Structurally differs from Theophylline
- Inhibits phosphodiesterase 4
- Selective inhibition of adenosine A1 and A2 receptors
- Inhibits platelet activating factor (PAF) and generation of leukotriene production
- Dosage for Elderly: 200 mg tablet two or three times daily
- Dosage for Adults: 400 mg tablet two or three times daily
- Dosage for Children over 12 years: 10 ml syrup or 200 mg tablet two or three times daily
- Interacts with xanthine preparations, caffeine-containing beverages, ephedrine, sympathomimetic drugs, erythromycin, TAO, lincomycin, clindamycin, allopurinol, cimetidine, influenza vaccine, propanolol, phenytoin, other anticonvulsants, and cigarette smoking
- Contraindications include known hypersensitivity to the drug or other xanthine derivatives, acute myocardial infarction, hypotension, and lactation
- Side effects may include nausea, vomiting, epigastric pain, headache, irritability, insomnia, tachycardia, extrasystoles, tachypnea, hyperglycemia, albuminuria, severe cardiac arrhythmias, and tonic-clonic seizure
- Use during pregnancy should be evaluated carefully
- Does not interfere with alertness, ability to drive, or use machines
- Precautions in patients with factors affecting hepatic clearance, cardiac disease, hypertension, severe hypoxemia, hyperthyroidism, chronic corpulmonale, congestive heart failure, liver disease, peptic ulcer, or renal impairment
- Risk of high blood levels persisting in congestive heart failure patients
- No risk of addiction or dependence
- Overdose may cause severe cardiac arrhythmias and tonic-clonic seizure, requires symptomatic treatment of cardiovascular collapse
- Belongs to Therapeutic Class: Bronchodilator, Methyl xanthine derivatives
- Storage conditions: Keep in a dry place away from light and heat, keep out of the reach of children, use only on prescription of specialist physician