| theophylline |
a colorless crystalline alkaloid derived from tea leaves or made synthetically; used in medicine as a bronchial dilator
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| theophylline |
A drug used to improve breathing in people who are short of breath. It belongs to the family of drugs called bronchodilators or respiratory smooth muscle relaxants.
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| theophylline |
a long- term control medication that opens the airways, which prevents and relieves bronchospasm.
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| theophylline poisoning |
SEE: poisoning.
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| theophylline |
Theophylline is a bronchodilator drug, given by mouth, that widens the airways to the lung. It also is used to prevent attacks of apnea (cessation of breathing) in premature infants and to treat heart failure because it stimulates heart rate and increases urine excretion.
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