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Treats severe high blood pressure.
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Inversine |
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Mecamylamine
Inversine
Uses
Treats severe high blood pressure.
Storage
- Store the medicine in a closed container at room temperature, away from heat, moisture, and direct light.
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Ask your pharmacist, doctor, or health caregiver about the best way to dispose of any outdated medicine or medicine no longer needed.
Keep all medicine away from children and never share your medicine with anyone.
How To Use
- APPEARANCE: Tablet.
Your doctor will tell you how much of this medicine to use and how often.
- Do not use more medicine or use it more often than your doctor tells you to.
It is best to take this medicine after you have eaten.
- Take it at the same time following a meal each day.
If you miss a dose or forget to use your medicine, call your doctor or pharmacist for instructions.
Side Effects
- Call your doctor right away if you notice any of these side effects:
Allergic reaction: Itching or hives, swelling in your face or hands, swelling or tingling in your mouth or throat, chest tightness, trouble breathing.
Swollen or bloated stomach and diarrhea (runny stools).
Precautions
- You should not use this medicine if you have had an allergic reaction to mecamylamine (Inversine®).
- Do not use this medicine if you have heart problems, or have recently had a heart attack.
- You should not use this medicine if you have only mild or moderate high blood pressure, or blood pressure that changes often.
- Do not use this medicine if you have had blood tests that show a higher than normal level of urea nitrogen (BUN).
- You should not use this medicine if you are a person with uremia (high level of nitrogen wastes in your urine), or if you have glaucoma (increased fluid pressure in your eyes).
- You should not use this medicine if you have pyloric stenosis (narrowing of the outlet between the stomach and the small intestine).
Drug Interactions
- Make sure your doctor knows if you are pregnant or breast feeding, or if you have kidney or heart problems.
- Make sure your doctor knows if you have arteriosclerosis (hardening of the arteries).
Tell your doctor if you have a condition that causes trouble urinating (passing water, going to the bathroom) or causes you to urinate not very often.
- Problems that may cause this include enlarged prostate gland, blockage of the outlet from the bladder, or urethral stricture (narrowing of the tube that releases urine from your bladder).
Make sure your doctor knows if you have fever, infection, diarrhea, vomiting, or if you are sweating a lot.
Let your doctor know how much sodium (salt) you usually have in your diet.
- Your doctor may need to change the amount of medicine you should use based on what you eat and drink.
This medicine may make you dizzy.
- Avoid driving, using machines, or doing anything else that could be dangerous if you are not alert.
Do not stop using this medicine suddenly without asking your doctor.
- You may need to slowly decrease your dose before stopping it completely.
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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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