Drug Interactions and Reactions Update

Asthma and death (editorial). NZ Med J 1981; 93: 299–300.

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Hendeles L Weinberger M . Poisoning patients with intravenous theophylline (editorial). Am J Hosp Pharm 1980; 37: 49–50.

Lowry R . Oral theophylline and fatal asthma (letter). Lancet 1981; 2: 200.

Toennesen J . Oral theophylline and fatal asthma (letter). Lancet 1981; 2: 200.

Stewart CJ Nunn AJ Stableforth D Somner AR . Deaths in asthma: Disease or treatment (letter). Lancet 1981; 2: 747.

LaForce CF Miller MF Chai H . Effect of erythromycin on theophylline clearance in asthmatic children. J Pediatr 1981; 99: 153–6.

Zarowitz BJM Szefter SJ Lasezkay GM . Effect of erythromycin base on theophylline kinetics. Clin Pharmacol Ther 1981; 29: 601–5.

Weinberger M Hudgel D Spector S Chidsey C . Inhibition of theophylline clearance by troleandomycin. J Allergy Clin Immunol 1977; 59: 228–31.

Kozak PP Cummins LH Gillman SA . Administration of erythromycin to patients on theophylline (letter). J Allergy Clin Immunol 1977; 60: 149–51.

Hansen JM Christensen LK . Drug interactions with oral sulphonurea hypoglycaemic drugs. Drugs 1977; 13: 24–34.

Andreasen PB Simonsen K Brocks K Dimo B Bouchelouche P . Hypoglycaemia induced by azapropazone-tolbutamide interaction (letter). Br J Clin Pharmacol 1981; 12: 581–3.

Breuning KH Gilfrich HJ Meinertz T Jähnchen E . Pharmacokinetics of azapropazone following single oral and intravenous doses. Arzneim Forsch 1979; 29: 971–2.

McElnay JC D'Arcy PF . Interaction between azapropazone and warfarin. Experientia 1978; 34: 1320–1.

Baron JH Connell AM Lennard-Jones JE Avery-Jones F . Sulphasalazine and salicylazosulphadimidine in ulcerative colitis. Lancet 1962; 1: 1094–6.

Dissanayakc AS Truelove SC . A controlled therapeutic trial of long-term maintenance treatment of ulcerative colitis with sulphasalazine (Salazopyrine). Gut 1973; 14: 923–6.

Summers RW Switz DM Sessions JT Jr Becktel JM Best WR Kern F Jr Singleton JW . National co-operative Crohn's disease study group. Results of drug treatment. Gastroenterology 1979; 77: 847–69.

Toth A . Reversible toxic effect of salicylazosulphapyridine on semen quality. Fertil Steril 1979; 37: 538–40.

Levi AJ Fischer AM Hughes L Hendry WF . Male infertility due to sulphasalazine. Lancet 1979; 2: 276–8.

Birnie GG McLeod TIF Watkinson G . Incidence of sulphasalazine-induced male infertility. Gut 1981; 22: 452–5.

Gowan GO Das KM Eastwood MA . Further studies of sulphasalazine metabolism in the treatment of ulcerative colitis. Br Med J 1977; 2: 1057–9.