Prednisone Aminophylline

Clinically important, potentially hazardous interactions with acenocoumarol, alfuzosin, aminophylline, anisindione, anticoagulants, buprenorphine, butorphanol, caffeine, carmustine, dobazam, cocoa, dicumarol, dofetilide, duloxetine, epirubicin, eszopiclone, fentanyl, floxuridine, fluorouracil, galantamine, gliclazide, hydromorphone, itraconazole, ketoconazole, lidocaine, meptazinol, midazolam, mizolastine, modobemide, morphine, narcotic analgesics, oxprenolol, oxycodone, pentazocine, phenytoin, posaconazole, prednisone, propranolol, sufentanil, tolazoline, warfarin, xanthines, zaleplon, zofenopril, zolmitriptan, zolpidem... 

Clinically important, potentially hazardous interactions with aminophylline, carbamazepine, cyclosporine, mercaptopurine, methotrexate, phenobarbital, prednisone, vincristine, warfarin... 

Clinically important, potentially hazardous interactions with aminophylline, anticonvulsants, aprepitant, bedomethasone, bosentan, budesonide, cigarette smoking, danazol, efavirenz, exenatide, flucloxacillin, flunisolide, fluticasone, hydrocortisone, insulin detemir, lamotrigine, licorice, lymecycline, methylprednisolone, modafinil, nelfinavir, prednisolone, prednisone, rifabutin, rifampin, ritonavir, saw palmetto, selegiline, St John s wort, triamcinolone, troleandomycin, tuberculostatics, ursodeoxycholic acid, zolmitriptan... 

Status asthmaticus not responsive to intravenous amino-phylline and sympathomimetic therapy is an indication for hospitalization. Intravenous aminophylline should be continued, and intravenous corticosteroids may be required in doses equivalent to that described for orally administered prednisone. The intravenous steroid should be limited to five to seven days, and therapy switched to beclomethasone or an alternate-day oral... 

A study in 6 healthy subjects showed that a single 20-mg oral dose of prednisone had no significant effect on the pharmacokinetics of a single 200-mg oral dose of aminophylline. The pharmacokinetics of a single 5.6-mg/kg intravenous dose of aminophylline was unchanged in 9 patients with chronic airflow obstruction when they were given prednisolone 20 mg daily for 3 weeks."... 

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