FLAVOXATE HYDROCHLORIDE (fla-vox'ate) Urispas Classifications: autonomic nervous system agent; anticholinergic (parasympatholytic); antispasmodic Prototype: Atropine Pregnancy Category: C |
100 mg tablets
Exerts spasmolytic (papaverine-like) action on smooth muscle. Reported to produce an increase in urinary bladder capacity in patients with spastic bladder, possibly by direct action on detrusor muscle. Also demonstrates local anesthetic and analgesic action.
Has antispasmotic action on the urinary bladder.
Symptomatic relief of dysuria, frequency, urgency, nocturia, incontinence, and suprapubic pain associated with various urologic disorders.
Pyloric or duodenal obstruction, obstructive intestinal lesions, ileus, achalasia, GI hemorrhage; obstructive uropathies of lower urinary tract. Safety during pregnancy (category C) or in children <12 y is not established.
Suspected glaucoma.
Dysuria, Nocturia, Incontinence Adult: PO 100200 mg t.i.d. or q.i.d. |
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