• Myo Hermes indications
• Uses of Myo Hermes in details
• Myo Hermes description
• Myo Hermes dosage
• Myo Hermes interactions
• Myo Hermes side effects
• Myo Hermes contraindications

What is Myo Hermes?

Myo Hermes is taken to treat certain disorders of the urinary tract or bladder. It helps to cause urination and emptying of the bladder. Myo Hermes may also be used for other conditions as determined by your doctor.

Myo Hermes is available only with your doctor's prescription.

Once a medicine has been approved for marketing for a certain use, experience may show that it is also useful for other medical problems. Although these uses are not included in product labeling, Myo Hermes is used in certain patients with the following medical conditions:

• Certain stomach problems
• Gastroesophageal reflux (caused by acid in the stomach washing back up into the esophagus)
• Megacolon (an abnormally large or dilated colon)

Myo Hermes indications

Myo Hermes Tablets USP are indicated for the treatment of acute postoperative and postpartum nonobstructive (functional) urinary retention and for neurogenic atony of the urinary bladder with retention.

How should I use Myo Hermes?

Use Myo Hermes as directed by your doctor. Check the label on the medicine for exact dosing instructions.

• Take Myo Hermes on an empty stomach, either 1 hour before or 2 hours after a meal. If taken soon after eating, nausea and vomiting may occur.
• If you miss a dose of Myo Hermes, take it as soon as possible. If it is more than 2 hours since your dose was to be taken, skip the missed dose and go back to your regular dosing schedule. Do not take 2 doses at once.

Ask your health care provider any questions you may have about how to use Myo Hermes.

Uses of Myo Hermes in details

Myo Hermes is used to treat acute urirary retention after surgrey, childbirth and due to various diseases of the urinary bladder. Myo Hermes may also be used for treating a disease called congenital megacolon (abnormal dilatation of large intestine which is present from birth) and gastro-esophageal reflux and reflux esophagitis (inflammation of the esophagus due to regurgitation).

Myo Hermes description

Myo Hermes is a synthetic ester structurally and pharmacologically related to acetylcholine. A slowly hydrolyzed muscarinic agonist with no nicotinic effects, Myo Hermes is generally used to increase smooth muscle tone, as in the GI tract following abdominal surgery or in urinary retention in the absence of obstruction. It may cause hypotension, cardiac rate changes, and bronchial spasms. [PubChem]

Myo Hermes dosage

Myo Hermes Dosage

Generic name: Myo Hermes 5mg

Dosage form: tablet

The information at Drugs.com is not a substitute for medical advice. Always consult your doctor or pharmacist.

Dosage must be individualized, depending on the type and severity of the condition to be treated.

Preferably give the drug when the stomach is empty. If taken soon after eating, nausea and vomiting may occur.

The usual adult oral dose ranges from 10 to 50 mg three or four times a day. The minimum effective dose is determined by giving 5 to 10 mg initially and repeating the same amount at hourly intervals until satisfactory response occurs, or until a maximum of 50 mg has been given. The effects of the drug sometimes appear within 30 minutes and are usually maximal within 60 to 90 minutes. The drug effects persist for about one hour.

If necessary, the effects of the drug can be abolished promptly by atropine (seeOVERDOSAGE).

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Related treatment guides

• GERD
• Abdominal Distension
• Urinary Retention

Myo Hermes interactions

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What other drugs will affect Myo Hermes?

Acetylcholinesterase Inhibitors: May enhance the adverse/toxic effect of Cholinergic Agonists. Monitor therapy

Beta-Blockers: May enhance the adverse/toxic effect of Cholinergic Agonists. Of particular concern are the potential for cardiac conduction abnormalities and bronchoconstriction. Monitor therapy

Cimetropium: Cholinergic Agonists may diminish the anticholinergic effect of Cimetropium. Monitor therapy

Sincalide: Drugs that Affect Gallbladder Function may diminish the therapeutic effect of Sincalide. Management: Consider discontinuing drugs that may affect gallbladder motility prior to the use of sincalide to stimulate gallbladder contraction. Consider therapy modification

Myo Hermes side effects

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What are the possible side effects of Myo Hermes?

Applies to Myo Hermes: elixir, solution, tablet

As well as its needed effects, Myo Hermes (the active ingredient contained in Myo Hermes) may cause unwanted side effects that require medical attention.

Severity: Moderate

If any of the following side effects occur while taking Myo Hermes, check with your doctor or nurse as soon as possible:

Rare - more common with the injection

• Shortness of breath, wheezing, or tightness in chest

Minor Side Effects

Some Myo Hermes side effects may not need any medical attention. As your body gets used to the medicine these side effects may disappear. Your health care professional may be able to help you prevent or reduce these side effects, but do check with them if any of the following side effects continue, or if you are concerned about them:

Less common or rare: - more common with the injection

• Belching
• blurred vision or change in near or distance vision
• diarrhea
• dizziness or lightheadedness
• feeling faint
• frequent urge to urinate
• headache
• increased watering of mouth or sweating
• nausea or vomiting
• redness or flushing of skin or feeling of warmth
• seizures
• sleeplessness, nervousness, or jitters
• stomach discomfort or pain

Myo Hermes contraindications

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Hypersensitivity to Myo Hermes tablets, hyperthyroidism, peptic ulcer, latent or active bronchial asthma, pronounced bradycardia or hypotension, vasomotor instability, coronary artery disease, epilepsy, and parkinsonism.

Myo Hermes chloride should not be employed when the strength or integrity of the gastrointestinal or bladder wall is in question, or in the presence of mechanical obstruction; when increased muscular activity of the gastrointestinal tract or urinary bladder might prove harmful, as following recent urinary bladder surgery, gastrointestinal resection and anastomosis, or when there is possible gastrointestinal obstruction; in bladder neck obstruction, spastic gastrointestinal disturbances, acute inflammatory lesions of the gastrointestinal tract, or peritonitis; or in marked vagotonia.

Active ingredient matches for Myo Hermes:

Bethanechol in Spain.

Bethanechol chloride in Spain.

List of Myo Hermes substitutes (brand and generic names)	Sort by popularity
Unit description / dosage (Manufacturer)	Price, USD
Muscaran (Belgium)
Myocholine (Austria)
Tablet; Oral; Bethanechol Chloride 10 mg (Glenwood)
Tablet; Oral; Bethanechol Chloride 25 mg (Glenwood)
Myocholine-Glenwood (Austria, Belgium, Germany, Luxembourg, Switzerland)
Myocholine-Glenwood 10mg (Austria, Luxembourg, Switzerland)
Myocholine-Glenwood 25mg (Austria, Switzerland)
Myotonachol (United States, Canada)
Tablet; Oral; Bethanechol Chloride 10 mg (Glenwood)
Tablet; Oral; Bethanechol Chloride 25 mg (Glenwood)
Tablet; Oral; Bethanechol Chloride 5 mg (Glenwood)
Myotonine (United Kingdom)
Tablet; Oral; Bethanechol Chloride 10 mg (Glenwood)
Tablet; Oral; Bethanechol Chloride 25 mg (Glenwood)
Myotonine Chloride
Mytonin (South Korea)
PHL-Bethanechol Chloride
Tablet; Oral; Bethanechol Chloride 10 mg
Tablet; Oral; Bethanechol Chloride 25 mg
Tablet; Oral; Bethanechol Chloride 50 mg
PHL-bethanechol Chloride tablet 10 mg (Pharmel Inc (Canada))
PHL-bethanechol Chloride tablet 25 mg (Pharmel Inc (Canada))
PHL-bethanechol Chloride tablet 50 mg (Pharmel Inc (Canada))
PMS-Bethanechol (Canada)
Tablet; Oral; Bethanechol Chloride 10 mg
Tablet; Oral; Bethanechol Chloride 25 mg
Tablet; Oral; Bethanechol Chloride 50 mg
PMS-Bethanechol Chloride (Hong Kong)
PMS-Bethanechol Chloride 10 mg x 100's
Ucholine (Thailand)
Ucholine 5 mg x 10 x 10's (M & H Manufacturing)
Ucholine 5 mg x 100's (M & H Manufacturing)
Ucholine 10 mg x 10 x 10's (M & H Manufacturing)
Ucholine 10 mg x 100's (M & H Manufacturing)
Ucholine tab 10 mg 10 x 10's (M & H Manufacturing)
Ucholine tab 10 mg 100's (M & H Manufacturing)
Ucholine tab 5 mg 10 x 10's (M & H Manufacturing)
Ucholine tab 5 mg 100's (M & H Manufacturing)
Uninechol (South Korea)
Urabeth
Urecholine
Injectable; Injection; Bethanechol Chloride 5 mg / ml (Barr)
Tablet; Oral; Bethanechol Chloride 10 mg (Barr)
Tablet; Oral; Bethanechol Chloride 25 mg (Barr)
Tablet; Oral; Bethanechol Chloride 5 mg (Barr)
Tablet; Oral; Bethanechol Chloride 50 mg (Barr)
100 tablet in 1 bottle (Barr)
Urecholine tablet 5 mg/1 (Barr)
Urecholine tablet 10 mg/1 (Barr)
Urecholine tablet 25 mg/1 (Barr)
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References

1. PubChem. "bethanechol". https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/com... (accessed September 17, 2018).
2. DrugBank. "bethanechol". http://www.drugbank.ca/drugs/DB01019 (accessed September 17, 2018).
3. MeSH. "Parasympathomimetics". https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/68... (accessed September 17, 2018).

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