Doxovent 400Mg Strip Of 10 Tablets

• Doxovent 400mg Tablet is used for the ongoing control of wheezing, breathlessness and chest tightness in bronchial asthma.
• Doxovent 400mg Tablet is also used in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, including chronic bronchitis and emphysema, and in other lung conditions with a spastic bronchial component.

• If you are allergic to doxofylline or any other ingredient of Doxovent tablet.
• If you have heart problems such as heart attack, low blood pressure, etc.
• If you are breastfeeding.

• Headache
• Nausea
• Vomiting
• Stomach pain
• Irritation

Other General Warnings

• You have problems with your heart, lungs, liver, or kidneys.
• You have an overactive thyroid gland.
• You have a history of stomach ulcers.
• You are above 60 years of age.
• You smoke cigarettes.
• You develop an allergic reaction or do not notice any improvement in your condition while using Doxovent tablet.
• You are taking medicines containing erythromycin, lincomycin, clindamycin, allopurinol, cimetidine, influenza vaccine, or propranolol.

• Doxovent tablet should be taken as directed by your doctor.
• Swallow it whole with a glass of water.
• Do not cut, break or chew the medicine.
• It would be best if you took it at a fixed time for optimal results.
• Do not consume more than the dose prescribed by your doctor.

• Store Doxovent tablet in a cool and dry place, protected from direct sunlight, moisture and heat.
• Keep it away from children and pets.

• Doxovent 400mg Tablet is taken regularly to keep the airways open; it is not a rescue medicine for a sudden attack.
• Always keep the fast-acting reliever inhaler your doctor prescribed within reach.
• Take the tablet with or just after food to reduce nausea and burning in the upper abdomen.
• Take your doses at the same times each day to keep a steady level in the body.
• Keep coffee, tea, cola and energy drinks moderate, since caffeine adds to tremor, restlessness and palpitations.
• Tell your doctor if you start or stop smoking, as this changes how fast the medicine is cleared.
• Report persistent vomiting, a racing heartbeat, severe headache or agitation without delay.
• Do not take this medicine with theophylline or any other xanthine unless your doctor has specifically directed it.
• Tell your doctor before any surgery, and inform any doctor prescribing antibiotics that you take this medicine.
• This medicine is not recommended while breastfeeding; discuss alternatives with your doctor.
• Continue your preventer inhaler regularly and stop smoking completely for the best long-term control.

Overdose

Missed a Dose

• Doxovent 400mg Tablet contains doxofylline, a xanthine bronchodilator. It inhibits enzymes called phosphodiesterases inside airway smooth muscle cells, which allows cyclic AMP to accumulate. Rising cyclic AMP causes the muscle fibres to relax.
• As that muscle relaxes, the narrowed airways widen and resistance to airflow falls, so air moves in and out of the lungs more easily and wheezing and chest tightness ease. Doxofylline also relaxes blood vessels within the lungs.
• Unlike theophylline, doxofylline has little effect on adenosine receptors. Because blocking those receptors accounts for much of the heart stimulation, gastric irritation and central nervous system restlessness associated with older xanthines, doxofylline tends to produce fewer of these effects at therapeutic doses.

Interactions with other medicines

• Some medicines can affect the way Doxovent tablet works, or this medicine itself can reduce the effectiveness of other medicines taken at the same time.
• Tell your doctor about all the medicines, supplements, or herbals you are currently taking or might take to avoid any possible interaction.
• Especially if you are taking medicines like ephedrine, erythromycin, lincomycin, clindamycin, allopurinol, cimetidine, phenytoin, influenza vaccine, and propranolol.

Interactions with food items

• Take Doxovent 400mg Tablet with or shortly after food. Doing so reduces the nausea and burning upper abdominal discomfort that xanthines can cause.
• Caffeine is chemically related to this medicine and its effects are additive. Large quantities of coffee, tea, cola, chocolate or energy drinks can trigger restlessness, tremor, palpitations, difficulty sleeping and stomach discomfort, so keep intake moderate and consistent.
• Charcoal-grilled and heavily barbecued foods, along with diets very high in protein and low in carbohydrate, speed up the liver enzymes that clear xanthines and may reduce the benefit you get. Very high-carbohydrate diets can have the opposite effect.
• Alcohol should be avoided or kept minimal, as it adds to stomach irritation and disturbed sleep.
• Keeping your eating pattern reasonably consistent from day to day helps maintain a steady level of the medicine in your body.