Aminophylline 100 mg (Tablet)
Unit Price: ৳ 0.95 (200's pack: ৳ 190.00)
Medicine Details
| Category | Details |
|---|---|
| Generic | Aminophylline |
| Company | Bristol pharmaceuticals ltd |
Indications
- Asthma treatment
- Emphysema treatment
- Chronic bronchitis treatment
- Cardiac asthma treatment
- Left ventricular failure treatment
- Congestive cardiac failure treatment
Pharmacology
- Combination of theophylline and ethylenediamine
- Increases the solubility of theophylline in water
- Relaxes bronchial smooth muscle
- Increases intracellular cAMP through inhibition of phosphodiesterase
- Adenosine receptor antagonism
- Prostaglandin antagonism
- Effects on intracellular calcium
Dosage
- Oral administration
- Intravenous administration
- Chronic bronchospasm dosage
- Acute severe bronchospasm dosage
- Dosage for adults and children
- Dosage for elderly
- Dosage for hepatic impairment
Administration
- Tablets should be swallowed whole
- Tablets should not be chewed
Contraindications
- Hypersensitivity to xanthines or ethylenediamine
- Active peptic ulcer
Side Effects
- Gastric irritation
- Nausea
- Vomiting
- Diarrhea
- Hematemesis
- Epigastric pain
- Tremor
- Ventricular arrhythmias
- Seizures
- Reactivation of peptic ulcer
- Headache
- Irritability
- Restlessness
- Insomnia
- Twitching
- Convulsion
- Reflex hyperexcitability
- Palpitation
- Tachycardia
- Hypotension
- Circulatory failure
- Flushing
- Albuminuria
- Diuresis
- Hematuria
- Inappropriate ADH syndrome
Pregnancy & Lactation
- Balancing use in pregnant women against the risk of uncontrolled disease
Precautions & Warnings
- Caution in patients with peptic ulceration
- Caution in patients with hyperthyroidism
- Caution in patients with hypertension
- Caution in patients with cardiac arrhythmias
- Caution in patients with other cardiovascular disease
- Caution in patients with epilepsy
- Caution in patients with heart failure
- Caution in patients with hepatic dysfunction
- Caution in patients with chronic alcoholism
- Caution in patients with acute febrile illness
- Caution in neonates
- Caution in the elderly
Therapeutic Class
- Bronchodilator
- Methyl xanthine derivatives
- Respiratory stimulants: analeptics
- Theophylline & related drugs