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Theophylline, also known as dimethylxanthine, is a methylxanthine drug used in therapy for respiratory diseases such as COPD and asthma. The main actions of theophylline involve: Relaxing bronchial smooth muscle, increasing heart muscle contractility and efficiency; as a positive inotropic, increasing heart rate: positive chronotropic increasing blood pressure increasing renal blood flow some anti-inflammatory effects central nervous system stimulatory effect mainly on the medullary respiratory center.