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Theophylline Toxicity

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Theophylline Toxicity Home Care: Warning Signs

Notify your doctor if you take theophylline and develop any of the following:

Worsening muscle twitching
Worsening palpitations
Rapid pulse
Worsening abdominal pain
Hallucinations:

Visual hallucinations: seeing things that do not exist
Auditory hallucinations: hearing sounds or voices that do not exist

Repeated vomiting
Confusion
Fainting
Seizures

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Last Updated: Nov 5, 2008 References

Authors: Stephen J. Schueler, MD; John H. Beckett, MD; D. Scott Gettings, MD

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Theophylline Toxicity References:

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Krieger AC, Takeyasu M. Nonconvulsive status epilepticus in theophylline toxicity. J Toxicol Clin Toxicol. 1999;37(1):99-101.
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