Manufacturer
Pfizer
Contents
Tolterodine l-tartrate
Indication
Detrusitol is indicated for the treatment of overactive bladder with symptoms of urge urinary incontinence, urgency, and frequency.
Instruction
Take Detrusitol exactly as prescribed by your doctor. Do not take in larger or smaller amounts or for longer than recommended. Follow the directions on your prescription label.
Your doctor may occasionally change your dose to make sure you get the best results.
Take Detrusitol with water. Do not crush, chew, break, or open a controlled-release capsule. Swallow it whole. Breaking or opening the pill may cause too much of the drug to be released at one time.
Store Detrusitol at room temperature away from moisture and heat.
If you missed a dose - take the missed dose as soon as you remember. Skip the missed dose if it is almost time for your next scheduled dose. Do not take extra medicine to make up the missed dose.
Drug interaction
Inform your doctor about all prescribed and over-the-counter medications you are using and especially about the drugs which may interfere with elimination of tolterodine by the liver which include: cyclosporine (Gengraf, Neoral, Sandimmune), clarithromycin (Biaxin), azithromycin (Zithromax), erythromycin, telithromycin (Ketek), pentamidine (NebuPent, Pentam), sparfloxacin (Zagam), itraconazole (Sporanox), ketoconazole (Nizoral), and miconazole (Monistat, Micatin), arsenic trioxide (Trisenox), chloroquine (Arelan) or halofantrine (Halfan), levomethadyl (Orlaam), or methadone (Dolophine, Methadose), vinblastine (Velban), medications used to treat psychiatric disorders such aschlorpromazine (Thorazine), mesoridazine (Serentil), pimozide (Orap), haloperidol (Haldol), or thioridazine (Mellaril), heart rhythm medicine such as disopyramide (Norpace), procainamide (Procan, Pronestyl), amiodarone (Cordarone, Pacerone), dofetilide (Tikosyn), sotalol (Betapace), quinidine (Cardioquin, Quinaglute).
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