Symptomatic treatment of bronchial asthma, bronchitis, bronchospasm & status asthmaticus. Relieve periodic apnea. Adjunct in treatment of pulmonary edema & paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnea caused by left heart failure.
Severe hypoxemia, HTN, hyperthyroidism, liver disease, history of peptic ulcer, patients who have taken theophylline prep w/in previous 48 hr, smokers, cardiac failure, underlying seizure disorders. Neonates. Elderly.