Teofilin/efedrin (INN)[1] adalah formulasi kombinasi dosis tetap dari teofilin, suatu antagonis reseptoradenosin; dengan efedrin, suatu agen pelepas norepinefrin dan agen simpatomimetik yang bekerja secara tidak langsung; yang telah digunakan sebagai bronkodilator dalam pengobatan asma dan sebagai dekongestan hidung.[2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9] Obat ini pertama kali dipelajari dan digunakan untuk mengobati asma pada tahun 1930-an atau 1940-an dan kombinasi kedua obat tersebut kemudian digunakan secara luas.[7][9][10] Rasio teofilin dan efedrin 5:1 biasanya digunakan dalam kombinasi obat-obatan tersebut.[11] Penelitian selanjutnya menemukan bahwa kombinasi tersebut tidak lebih efektif untuk asma daripada teofilin saja tetapi menghasilkan lebih banyak efek samping.[1][7][9][12]
Kombinasi teofilin, efedrin, dan fenobarbital juga telah banyak digunakan untuk mengobati asma.[12][13][14][15] Banyak kombinasi tersebut telah dipasarkan dengan berbagai nama merek. Teofilin juga telah dipasarkan dalam kombinasi dengan simpatomimetik serupa efedrin lainnya seperti rasefedrin dan pseudoefedrin serta dengan barbiturat lainnya seperti amobarbital dan butabarbital.[15] Kombinasi teofilin, efedrin, dan hidroksizin telah dipasarkan juga.[16][17][18] Kombinasi teofilin, efedrin, dan barbiturat kemudian dihapuskan demi kombinasi teofilin dan efedrin saja.[1][2] Kombinasi dosis tetap teofilin dan efedrin ditinggalkan setelah tahun 1970-an karena tidak memungkinkan titrasi dosis dalam terapi asma akibat toksisitas efedrin.[19]
Efek teofilin/efedrin sebagai obat peningkat performa dalam latihan fisik dan olahraga telah dipelajari.[20][21] Penggunaan kombinasi teofilin/efedrin telah menyebabkan diskualifikasi atlet elit karena efedrin dilarang dalam olahraga kompetitif.[22]
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↑Pinnas JL, Schachtel BP, Chen TM, Roseberry HR, Thoden WR (March 1991). "Inhaled epinephrine and oral theophylline-ephedrine in the treatment of asthma". Journal of Clinical Pharmacology. 31 (3): 243–247. doi:10.1002/j.1552-4604.1991.tb04969.x. PMID2019665.
123Stargrove M, Treasure J, McKee D (2007). Herb, Nutrient, and Drug Interactions: Clinical Implications and Therapeutic Strategies. Elsevier Health Sciences. hlm.45. ISBN978-0-323-02964-3. Diakses tanggal 2024-08-31. Theophylline is generally more potent than caffeine in its effects; it was often combined with ephedrine in nasal decongestant products before more selective adrenergic blockers became available. An early study found the theophylline-ephedrine combination no more effective than theophylline alone in 23 asthmatic children, whereas the ADR rate was higher for the combination than for theophylline.40 Another study of asthmatic children, however, showed no additional adverse effects from the combination.
↑Weinberger M, Hendeles L (October 1986). "Therapeutic effect and dosing strategies for theophylline in the treatment of chronic asthma". The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. 78 (4 Pt 2): 762–768. doi:10.1016/0091-6749(86)90058-8. PMID3534057. Theophylline has undergone a major transition in clinical use over the past 10 to 15 years. Used primarily for its cardiovascular effects in the early part of this century, theophylline was found in the 1920s to have clinically beneficial effects on acute bronchospasm.1 In the 1930s, theophylline became popular as an oral agent, particularly in fixed-dose combination with ephedrine. Its predominant use continued in this manner into the early 1970s. Since then, definition of the pharmacodynamics and pharmacokinetics of theophylline has led to its present use as a major prophylactic agent for the prevention of chronic asthma.
↑O'Loughlin JM (March 1979). "Drug therapy of bronchial asthma". The Medical Clinics of North America. 63 (2): 391–396. PMID35721.
12Hendeles L, Weinberger M (1980). "Avoidance of adverse effects during chronic therapy with theophylline". European Journal of Respiratory Diseases. Supplement. 109: 103–119. PMID7002576. Until recently, combination products containing theophylline, ephedrine, and a "sedative" were the most frequently prescribed bronchodilators in the United States. Several studies, however, have documented that the combination of ephedrine and theophylline produce synergistic toxicity without significantly enhancing the therapeutic efficacy of theophylline alone (Figure 1).
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↑Akazawa M, Stempel DA (2006). "Single-inhaler combination therapy for asthma: a review of cost effectiveness". PharmacoEconomics. 24 (10): 971–988. doi:10.2165/00019053-200624100-00005. PMID17002480. The concept of using a single therapy and maximising the dose of ICS might have been driven by the desire to avoid fixed combinations. These were commonly used in the US during the 1970s with products such as Tedral®1 and Marax® that combined theophylline and ephedrine with a sedative. The earlier fixed combinations did not allow for significant dose titration, due to the toxicity of ephedrine, and thus the concept of fixed dosing combinations for asthma was relegated to an 'unacceptable' status.
↑Kennedy M (January 2021). "Effects of theophylline and theobromine on exercise performance and implications for competition sport: A systematic review". Drug Testing and Analysis. 13 (1): 36–43. doi:10.1002/dta.2970. PMID33188564.
↑Helenius I, Haahtela T (September 2000). "Allergy and asthma in elite summer sport athletes". The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. 106 (3): 444–452. doi:10.1067/mai.2000.107749. PMID10984362. Dokter tim mulai tertarik pada asma pada atlet elit setelah Olimpiade 1972 di Munich. Pemenang lomba renang gaya bebas putra 400 m didiskualifikasi karena sejumlah besar obat terlarang, termasuk efedrin yang ditemukan dalam sampel urinalisisnya setelah lomba. Perenang tersebut telah menggunakan kombinasi teofilin dan efedrin untuk mengobati asmanya. Sejak saat itu, Komite Olimpiade AS dan Australia telah memberikan penekanan khusus pada diagnosis dan pengobatan asma yang akurat pada tim Olimpiade mereka.1,2