Tabletas de flavoxato

About flavoxate

Flavoxate is prescribed to treat síntomas urinarios como urgencia, frecuencia e incontinencia. Urinary urgency occurs when you have a sudden and urgent need to pass urine. If you need to take more trips to the toilet than normal, this is called urinary frequency. If you leak urine before you go to the toilet, this is called incontinencia.

These symptoms can cause you distress as well as being a hygiene problem. There are several causes of urinary incontinence, including weakened pelvic floor muscles and problems causing your bladder muscles to go into spasm as a result of a medical procedure.

Flavoxate works by stopping sudden bladder muscle contractions and increasing the volume of urine that your bladder can hold. This helps to control urinary symptoms and eases any pain or discomfort.

Before taking flavoxate

Some medicines are not suitable for people with certain conditions, and sometimes a medicine may only be used if extra care is taken. For these reasons, before you start taking flavoxate it is important that your doctor knows:

• Si estás embarazada o amamantando.

• Si tienes una afección cardíaca, como un ritmo cardíaco inusual, problemas con los vasos sanguíneos en tu corazón o insuficiencia cardíaca.

• Si tiene algún problema con su glándula prostática.

• Si tienes alguna de las siguientes condiciones: aumento de la presión en el ojo (glaucoma); hernia de hiato; una glándula tiroides hiperactiva; presión arterial alta; una condición que causa debilidad muscular, llamada miastenia gravis.

• If you have a condition which could cause a blockage in your stomach, bowel or urinary tract, or if you have noticed any blood in your stools.

• Si alguna vez has tenido una reacción alérgica a un medicamento.

• Si está tomando otros medicamentos. Esto incluye cualquier medicamento que esté tomando y que esté disponible para comprar sin receta, así como medicamentos herbales y complementarios.

How to take flavoxate

• Before you start the treatment, read the manufacturer's printed information leaflet from inside the pack. It will give you more information about flavoxate and will provide you with a full list of the side-effects which you may experience from taking it.

• Take the tablets exactly as your doctor tells you to. The usual dose is one tablet three times a day.

• Try to take the tablets at the same times of day each day, as this will help you to remember to take your doses regularly. You can take flavoxate either before or after meals. Swallow the tablet whole with a drink of water.

• If you forget to take a dose at your usual time, take it as soon as you remember. Try to take the correct number of doses each day but do not take two doses at the same time to make up for a missed dose.

Obteniendo el máximo de tu tratamiento

• Intenta mantener tus citas regulares con tu médico. Esto es para que tu médico pueda verificar tu progreso y revisar tu tratamiento.

• Las bebidas que contienen cafeína (por ejemplo, té, café, chocolate caliente y cola) pueden empeorar sus síntomas. Esto se debe a que la cafeína aumenta el flujo de orina (es un diurético natural) y le hará querer orinar. Si bebe muchas bebidas con cafeína, considere cambiar a alternativas descafeinadas.

• Try to maintain a normal life as much as possible with regard to drinking and visiting the toilet. However, drinking late at night may mean your sleep is disturbed by the desire to get up to go to the toilet, so you may want to avoid drinking too much during the evening.

• Su médico puede sugerirle que realice algunos ejercicios del suelo pélvico para fortalecer los músculos alrededor de la parte inferior de su vejiga. Estos pueden ayudar a mejorar sus síntomas.

• If you buy any medicines or herbal remedies, always check with a pharmacist that they are suitable to take with flavoxate. Some medicines (particularly antihistamines) can increase the chance that you will experience unwanted effects such as a dry mouth and feeling sleepy.

Can flavoxate cause problems?

Along with their useful effects, most medicines can cause unwanted side-effects although not everyone experiences them. The table below contains some of the common ones associated with flavoxate. You will find a full list in the manufacturer's information leaflet supplied with your medicine. The unwanted effects often improve as your body adjusts to the new medicine, but speak with your doctor or pharmacist if any of the following continue or become troublesome.

Si experimenta cualquier otro síntoma que crea que puede deberse a las tabletas, por favor hable con su médico o farmacéutico para obtener más consejos.

How to store flavoxate

• Mantenga todos los medicamentos fuera del alcance y la vista de los niños.

• Almacenar en un lugar fresco y seco, lejos del calor y la luz directos.

Información importante sobre todos los medicamentos