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“Expert opinion: Experimental data indicate that caffeine and aminophylline both significantly reduce the anticonvulsant activity of a number of AEDs.”
Expert opinion on drug metabolism & toxicology • 2014 | View Paper
“Abstention from intake of dietary methylxanthines for 7 days resulted in more rapid and extensive metabolism of aminophylline compared with results from the same subjects on their usual diets.”
The Journal of pharmacy and pharmacology • 1981 | View Paper
“On the other hand, an acute aminophylline injection prolonged the elimination half-life and increased the apparent volume of distribution of caffeine , causing little overall change in its plasma clearance.”
Journal of pharmaceutical sciences • 1981 | View Paper
“ Aminophylline and caffeine produced an aug mentation of the twitch response of the isolated phrenic nerve diaphragm preparation caused either by direct or indirect stimulation.”
“Three lines of evidence indicate that the intracellular accumulation of cyclic-AMP suppresses SRS-A release: β-adrenergic stimulation with isoproterenol or epinephrine is inhibitory; methylxanthine derivatives inhibit in a dose-response fashion; and synergism is observed when isoproterenol and aminophylline are used together.”