Flavoxate

Drug Status in USA : Approved
Drug Status in Canada : Approved

pronunciation

pronounced as (fla vox' ate)

Why is this medication prescribed?

Flavoxate is used to treat overactive bladder (a condition in which the bladder muscles contract uncontrollably and cause frequent urination, urgent need to urinate, and inability to control urination) relieve painful, frequent, or nighttime urination and urgency that may occur with infections of the prostate, bladder, or kidneys. Flavoxate is in a class of medications called antimuscarinics. It works by relaxing the bladder muscles. However, flavoxate is not an antibiotic; it does not cure infections.


How should this medicine be used?

Flavoxate comes as a tablet. Flavoxate usually is taken three or four times a day. This drug may be taken with or without food. Follow the directions on your prescription label carefully, and ask your doctor or pharmacist to explain any part you do not understand. Take flavoxate exactly as directed. Do not take more or less of it or take it more often than prescribed by your doctor.


What are the precautions to be followed?

Before taking flavoxate,
  • tell your doctor and pharmacist what prescription and nonprescription medications you are taking, including vitamins.
  • tell your doctor if you have or have ever had glaucoma, ulcers, paralytic ileus, or obstructive disease (blockage) of the stomach, kidneys, or intestines.
  • tell your doctor and pharmacist if you are allergic to flavoxate or any other drugs.
  • tell your doctor if you are pregnant, plan to become pregnant, or are breast-feeding. If you become pregnant while taking flavoxate, call your doctor.
  • if you are having surgery, including dental surgery, tell the doctor or dentist that you are taking flavoxate.
  • you should know that this drug may make you drowsy. Do not drive a car or operate machinery until you know how this drug affects you.
  • remember that alcohol can add to the drowsiness caused by this drug.

What are possible side effects of this medication ?

Flavoxate may cause side effects. Tell your doctor if any of these symptoms are severe or do not go away:
  • vomiting
  • upset stomach
  • dry mouth or throat
  • blurred vision
  • eye pain
  • increased sensitivity of your eyes to light
If you experience any of the following symptoms, call your doctor immediately:
  • confusion (especially in the elderly)
  • skin rash
  • fast or irregular heartbeat
  • severe dizziness or drowsiness
  • sore throat with fever


How to store the medication and dispose it of after its use later?

Keep this medication in the container it came in, tightly closed, and out of reach of children. Store it at room temperature and away from excess heat and moisture (not in the bathroom). Throw away any medication that is outdated or no longer needed. Talk to your pharmacist about the proper disposal of your medication.


Drug Category/Class

  • Parasympatholytics
  • Drugs for Urinary Frequency and Incontinence
  • Urological Agents
  • Genito Urinary System and Sex Hormones
  • Drugs for urinary frequency and incontinence
Prescribed For symptomatic relief of dysuria, urgency, nocturia, suprapubic pain, frequency and incontinence as may occur in cystitis, prostatitis, urethritis...
Weight :391.4596
Structure Flavoxate
Generic Drug Flavoxate prescribed For symptomatic relief of dysuria, urgency, nocturia, suprapubic pain, frequency and incontinence as may occur in cystitis, prostatitis, urethritis...
Formula

C24H25NO4

Flavoxate has 25 Brands listed


Colichek (200 mg)Favate (200 mg)
Flavate (200 mg)Flavocip (200 mg)
FlavoguardFlavoride (200 mg)
FlavosilFlavospas (200 mg)
Flavostar (200 mg)Flavox (200 mg)
Flavoxate (200 mg)Flavozan (200 mg)
Flavtab (200 mg)Relaxuro (200 mg)
Speroxate (200 mg)Ural (200 mg)
Urely (200 mg)Urikind (200 mg)
Uripil (200 mg)Urisol (200 mg)
Urispas (200 mg)Urivate (200 mg)
Uroza (200 mg)Verin UTI (200 mg)
Voxate (200 mg)

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