[Pharmacokinetics of two theophylline sustained-release preparations in healthy humans]

In an open, randomized change-over study the steady state profile of two theophylline (CAS 58-55-9) sustained-release preparations (Theophyllard resp. reference preparation) in 24 healthy volunteers was evaluated with respect to AUC, Cmax, Cmin, and tmax. Cmax of the test preparation is higher than that of the reference. During the daytime the adjusted Cmax-values are about 25% higher than the Cmax-values of the reference, during the night they are 10% higher. Tmax of the test preparation is 6 h; tmax of the reference is 5 h.