Theotard tablets are a drug that falls into the category of bronchodilating agents. The active substance of the drug is theophylline. The medicine helps to reduce contractile activity of smooth muscles. The drug has a relaxing effect on the muscles in the bronchi, blood vessels (mainly the kidneys, skin, brain), has a vasodilating peripheral effect. The medication enhances renal blood flow, has a diuretic effect of moderate intensity. Under the influence of the drug, mucolytic clearance increases, contraction in the diaphragm and the respiratory center are stimulated. Due to the activity of the drug, blood is saturated with oxygen, carbon dioxide is reduced. In conditions of hypokalemia, ventilation in the lungs is enhanced. Theotard drug (instructions for use contains such data) stimulates cardiac activity, increases the frequency and strength of contractions, increases the need for myocardium to receive oxygen and increases coronary blood flow.
Means "Theotard." Instructions for use. Appointment
The medicine is effective for bronchial obstructive syndrome of various nature, COPD (pulmonary emphysema, obstructive chronic bronchitis). With bronchial asthma of physical stress, the drug is the drug of choice, with other forms it is used as an additional one. Theotard medication recommends the use of "pulmonary" heart, pulmonary hypertension, night apnea, edematous renal syndrome (in complex therapy).
Contraindications
No medicine is prescribed for epilepsy, hypersensitivity, hemorrhagic stroke, pregnancy, ulcerative pathologies in the digestive tract, lactation. It is not recommended for gastritis with high acidity, severe hypertension and hypotension, retinal hemorrhages. The drug "Teotard" instructions for use does not allow for appointment with heart failure, extrasystole, in childhood, tachyarrhythmias, uncontrolled hypothyroidism or thyrotoxicosis. Contraindications include prolonged hyperthermia, advanced age, atherosclerosis in the vessels of the common type, high convulsive readiness, prostatic hypertrophy.
The drug "Theotard." Instructions for use. Adverse reactions
Based on the treatment, tremor, irritability, nausea, anxiety, heartburn, gastroesophageal reflux are observed. The drug can provoke a headache, an exacerbation of an ulcer, allergic manifestations, increased sweating, convulsions, photosensitivity. Patients have hypoglycemia, an increase in the frequency of angina attacks, a feeling of a rush of blood to the face, increased diuresis.
Dosage regimen
The drug is taken orally. For patients from the age of 14, the average dosage is 300 mg twice a day. If necessary, the amount of admission is increased to three, or 500 mg is prescribed once a day. Therapy begins with minimal effective doses, gradually increasing the amount of medication after 1-2 days.
The drug "Theotard." Price
The cost of the medication is from one hundred rubles.