The acute and chronic bronchodilator effects of ephedrine in asthmatic patients
| Autor: | ME Pickup, CS May, JW Paterson |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 1975 |
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medicine.drug_class
Vital Capacity Administration Oral Blood Pressure Peak Expiratory Flow Rate Drug Administration Schedule Theophylline Heart Rate Bronchodilator Forced Expiratory Volume Heart rate medicine Humans Pharmacology (medical) Ephedrine Asthma Pharmacology business.industry medicine.disease Bronchodilator Agents Bronchodilatation Drug Combinations Anesthesia Phenobarbital business medicine.drug Research Article Half-Life |
| Popis: | In eight asthmatic patients, there was no change in the bronchodilator response to a single dose of ephedrine (22 mg) given alone or in a compound tablet, after treatment with ephedrine (11 mg three times a day) or one tablet three times a day for 2 weeks. 2 There was no deterioration in lung function during the 2 week treatment period with either ephedrine or the compound tablet. 3 An inter-patient variation was noted in the plasma ephedrine concentraition required for bronchodilatation. 4 The half-life of theophylline did not change after chronic treatment with the tablets, one three times a day for 2 weeks. |
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