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USES: This medication is used to treat an overactive bladder.
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Detrol
Uses
This medication is used to treat an overactive bladder.
Notes
- Do not share this medication with others.
Storage
- Store at room temperature between 66 and 77 degrees F (20-25 degrees C) away from light and moisture.
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How To Use
- HOW TO USE THIS MEDICATION: Take this product by mouth, generally twice daily with or without food, or as directed.
- Your dosage will be adjusted based on your response and any drug side effects.
Side Effects
- Dry mouth, dry eyes, headache, constipation, nausea, dizziness or drowsiness may occur.
- If these effects persist or worsen, notify your doctor promptly.
- Report promptly symptoms of urinary infection (e.g., urinary burning, urgent and frequent urination).
- Unlikely but report promptly vision problems, eye pain, difficulty with urination, severe stomach pain, chest pain, fast heartbeat, hot/dry skin or mental/mood changes.
- To relieve dry mouth, suck on (sugarless) hard candy or ice chips, chew (sugarless) gum, drink water or use saliva substitute.
- If you notice other effects not listed above, contact your doctor or pharmacist.
Precautions
- Tell your doctor your medical history, including any allergies, especially if you have difficulty with urination (urinary retention, or prostate enlargement in males), stomach/intestinal disorders (e.g., gastric retention), glaucoma (narrow angle), liver or kidney disease.
- Limit alcohol intake, as it may aggravate certain side effects of this drug.
- Caution is advised when performing tasks requiring mental alertness (e.g., driving).
- This medication may reduce sweating which can lead to heat stroke in hot weather.
- Consult your doctor or pharmacist.
- Caution is advised in the elderly, who may be more sensitive to side effects should they occur.
- This medication should be used only when clearly needed during pregnancy.
- Discuss the risks and benefits with your doctor.
- It is not known whether this drug is excreted into breast milk.
- Because of the potential risk to the infant, breast-feeding while using this drug is not recommended.
- Consult your doctor before breast-feeding.
Missed Dose
- If you miss a dose, use it as soon as you remember.
- If it is near the time of the next dose, skip the missed dose and resume your usual dosing schedule.
- Do not "double-up" the dose to catch up.
Drug Interactions
- Tell your doctor of all nonprescription and prescription medication you may use, especially "macrolide antibiotics" such as erythromycin and clarithromycin, "azole antifungals" such as ketoconazole, itraconazole and miconazole, anti-Parkinson's drugs such as benztropine or trihexyphenidyl, or other "antimuscarinic" drugs such as scopolamine, dicyclomine, or oxybutynin.
- Also report other drugs which may cause drowsiness, such as anti-anxiety or anti-seizure drugs, sedatives, tranquilizers, narcotic pain relievers, psychiatric medicines (e.g., chlorpromazine or amitriptyline), muscle relaxants or certain antihistamines (e.g., diphenhydramine) including those found in nonprescription cough-and-cold products.
- Consult your pharmacist.
- Do not start or stop any medicine without doctor or pharmacist approval.
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CONDITIONS OF USE: The information in this database is intended to supplement, not substitute for, the expertise and judgement of healthcare professionals. The information is not intended to cover all possible uses, directions, precautions, drug interactions or adverse effects, nor should it be construed to indicate that use of a particular drug is safe, appropriate or effective for you or anyone else. A healthcare professional should be consulted before taking any drug, changing any diet or commencing or discontinuing any course of treatment.
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