¿What is Detrol?
Detrol is used to relieve urinary difficulties, including the need to urinate frequently and the inability to control urine. Detrol belongs to a class of drugs called antimuscarinicos. It works by preventing the bladder contraction.
¿What is the most important information I should know about Detrol?
Comply with all appointments with your doctor. Do not let other people take their medicine. Ask the pharmacist any questions you may have on how to renew their prescription medicine.
¿What should I discuss with the professional health care before taking Detrol?
Tell your doctor and pharmacist if you are allergic to Detrol or other medicines. Tell your doctor if you have ever had or diseases:
- At the kidney or liver.
- Glaucoma.
- Some kind of obstructive disease of the digestive system, as pyloric stenosis.
Tell your doctor if you are pregnant, plan to become pregnant or if you are breast-feeding. If you become pregnant while taking this medication, call your doctor immediately.
¿How should I take Detrol?
Detrol comes packaged in the form of tablets and capsules gradual release (long acting) to take by mouth. The tablets are usually taken twice a day. The gradual release capsules are usually taken once a day with liquid. Follow instructions carefully on the prescription label and ask your doctor or pharmacist anything you do not understand. Use the medicine exactly as directed. Do not use more or less than the dose specified nor do most often prescribed by your doctor. Take gradual release capsules whole, and not divide, chew or crush.
¿What happens if I take a dose?
Take the missed dose as soon as you remember, however, whether it is time for the next, skip one that failed and continue to regulate the dosage. Do not take a double dose to make up for the forgotten.
¿What happens if I take an overdose?
Look for emergency medical care if you suspect you have used too much of this medicine.
¿What should I avoid while taking Detrol?
This medicine may cause drowsiness (give dream). Do not drive car or operate heavy machinery until they know how it will affect this medicine. Alcohol may increase the drowsiness caused by this medicine.
¿What are the possible side effects of Detrol?
Although the side effects of this drug are not common, may actually arise. Tell your doctor if any of these symptoms become severe or if not disappear:
- Feeling dry mouth.
- Blurred vision.
- Malaise stomach.
- Headache (headache).
- Constipation (constipation).
- Dryness in the eye.
- Dizziness.
If you experience any of these symptoms, call your doctor immediately:
- Difficulty in urinating.
- Rash (skin rashes).
- Pain in the chest.
¿What other drugs Detrol affect?
Tell your doctor and your pharmacist what medications with and without prescription are taking, especially:
- Clarithromycin (Biaxin).
- Erythromycin (E-mycin, Ery-Tab, others).
- Fluconazole (Diflucan).
- Itraconazole (Sporanox).
- Ketoconazole (Nizoral).
- Medication for glaucoma and vitamins.
