Analysis of Plasma Concentrations of Theophylline in Smoking and Nonsmoking Patients with Asthma
Author(s) -
Zlatica Goseva,
Angelko Gjorcev,
Biserka Kaeva,
Elena Jovanovska Janeva,
Irina Angelovska
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
open access macedonian journal of medical sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.288
H-Index - 17
ISSN - 1857-9655
DOI - 10.3889/oamjms.2015.117
Subject(s) - theophylline , medicine , asthma , bronchodilator , pharmacokinetics , aminophylline , pneumonia , therapeutic index , anesthesia , pharmacology , drug
While dosing theophylline in asthmatics, we should consider that a lot of medicines, substances, conditions and diseases affect the clearance of theophylline, such as smoking, macrolide antibiotics, barbiturates, oral contraceptives, heart and liver insufficiency, alcohol, calcium-antagonists, pneumonia, viral infections, hypoxemia, etc.
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