What is Myocholine-Glenwood 25mg?
Myocholine-Glenwood 25mg stimulates your bladder to empty.
Myocholine-Glenwood 25mg is used to treat urinary retention (difficulty urinating), which may occur after surgery, after delivering a baby, and in other situations.
Myocholine-Glenwood 25mg may also be used for purposes other than those listed in this medication guide.
Myocholine-Glenwood 25mg indications
Myocholine-Glenwood 25mg is indicated for the treatment of acute postoperative and postpartum non obstructive (functional) urinary retention and for neurogenic atony of the urinary bladder with retention.
How should I use Myocholine-Glenwood 25mg?
Use Myocholine-Glenwood 25mg as directed by your doctor. Check the label on the medicine for exact dosing instructions.
- Take Myocholine-Glenwood 25mg 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 Myocholine-Glenwood 25mg, 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 Myocholine-Glenwood 25mg.
Uses of Myocholine-Glenwood 25mg in details
Myocholine-Glenwood 25mg is used to treat acute urirary retention after surgrey, childbirth and due to various diseases of the urinary bladder. Myocholine-Glenwood 25mg 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).
Myocholine-Glenwood 25mg description
A slowly hydrolyzed muscarinic agonist with no nicotinic effects. Myocholine-Glenwood 25mg 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.
Myocholine-Glenwood 25mg dosage
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.
How supplied
Myocholine-Glenwood 25mg Tablets, USP
5 mg - White, 7/16" diameter, round flat faced bevel edge tablets: one side scored and debossed BCL bisect 5, one side debossed 832, in bottles of 100 and 1000, and in unit dose cartons of 100 tablets (10 cards containing 10 tablets each).
10 mg - White, 7/16" diameter, round flat faced bevel edge tablets; one side scored and debossed BCL bisect 10, one side debossed 832, in bottles of 100. 250 and 1000, and in unit dose cartons of 100 tablets (10 cards containing 10 tablets each).
25 mg - Yellow, 7/16" diameter, round flat faced bevel edge tablets; one side scored and debossed BCL bisect 25, one side debossed 832, in bottles of 100, 250, 500 and 1000, and in unit dose cartons of 100 tablets (10 cards containing 10 tablets each).
50 mg - Yellow, 7/16" diameter, round fiat faced bevel edge tablets; one side scored and debossed BCL bisect 50, one side debossed 832, in bottles of 100, 500 and 1000. and in unit dose cartons of 100 tablets (10 cards containing 10 tablets each).
Store at 20-25°C (68-7?°F) and excursions permitted to 15-30"C (59-86°F).
Dispense in a tight container as defined in the USP
Keep out of reach of children.
Rev. 05-05. Manufactured by: UPSHER-SMITH LABORATORIES, INC. Minneapolis, MN 55447. FDA Rev date: 6/1/2005
Myocholine-Glenwood 25mg interactions
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What other drugs will affect Myocholine-Glenwood 25mg?
Special care is required if this drug is given to patients receiving ganglion blocking compounds because a critical fall in blood pressure may occur. Usually, severe abdominal symptoms appear before there is such a fall in the blood pressure.
Myocholine-Glenwood 25mg side effects
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What are the possible side effects of Myocholine-Glenwood 25mg?
Adverse reactions are rare following oral administration of Myocholine-Glenwood 25mg, but are more common following subcutaneous injection. Adverse reactions are more likely to occur when dosage is increased.
The following adverse reactions have been observed: Body as a Whole: malaise; Digestive: abdominal cramps or discomfort, colicky pain, nausea and belching, diarrhea, borborygmi, salivation; Renal: urinary urgency; Nervous System: headache; Cardiovascular: a fall in blood pressure with reflex tachycardia, vasomotor response; Skin: flushing producing a feeling of warmth, sensation of heat about the face, sweating; Respiratory: bronchial constriction, asthmatic attacks; Special Senses: lacrimation, miosis,
Causal Relationship Unknown
The following adverse reactions have been reported, and a causal relationship to therapy with Myocholine-Glenwood 25mg has not been established: Body as a Whole: malaise; Nervous System: seizures.
Myocholine-Glenwood 25mg contraindications
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What is the most important information I should know about Myocholine-Glenwood 25mg?
Hypersensitivity to Myocholine-Glenwood 25mg tablets, hyperthyroidism, peptic ulcer, latent or active bronchial asthma, pronounced bradycardia or hypotension, vasomotor Instability, coronary artery disease, epilepsy and parkinsonism.
Myocholine-Glenwood 25mg 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 Myocholine-Glenwood 25mg:
Bethanechol Chloride in Austria, Switzerland.
List of Myocholine-Glenwood 25mg substitutes (brand and generic names) | Sort by popularity |
| Unit description / dosage (Manufacturer) | Price, USD |
| Macpee (India) | |
| MACPEE 10 MG TABLET 1 strip / 10 tablets each (Intas) | $ 1.63 |
| MACPEE 25 MG TABLET 1 strip / 10 tablets each (Intas) | $ 1.78 |
| MACPEE tab 25 mg x 10's (Intas) | $ 1.29 |
| Macpee 10mg Tablet (Intas) | $ 0.16 |
| Macpee 25mg Tablet (Intas) | $ 0.18 |
| Miotonachol (Argentina) | |
| 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) | |
| Myotonine (United Kingdom) | |
| Tablet; Oral; Bethanechol Chloride 10 mg (Glenwood) | |
| Tablet; Oral; Bethanechol Chloride 25 mg (Glenwood) | |
| Mytonin (South Korea) | |
| 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) | |
| Uriflow (Philippines) | |
| Uriflow 25 mg x 100's (Ying Yuan Chemical) | $ 100.00 |
| Uriflow tab 25 mg 100's (Ying Yuan Chemical) | |
| Urivoid (India) | |
| Urivoid 25mg TAB / 10 (Cipla Limited) | $ 1.29 |
| Urivoid 25 mg Tablet (Cipla Limited) | $ 0.13 |
| URIVOID 25 MG TABLET 1 strip / 10 tablets each (Cipla Limited) | $ 1.70 |
| URIVOID tab 25 mg x 10's (Cipla Limited) | $ 1.42 |
| Urivoid 25mg Tablet (Cipla Limited) | $ 0.17 |
| Urocarb (Australia) | |
| UROTON (Poland) | |
| UROTON Capsule/ Tablet / 25mg / 5 x 10 units (Biovena) | $ 9.04 |
| Urotonin (India) | |
| Urotonin 25mg TAB / 50 (VHB Life Sciences Limited) | $ 9.04 |
| 25 mg x 50's (VHB Life Sciences Limited) | $ 9.04 |
| Urotonin 25 mg Tablet (VHB Life Sciences Limited) | $ 0.18 |
| UROTONIN tab 25 mg x 10's (VHB Life Sciences Limited) | $ 1.81 |
| Wecoli (Taiwan) | |
| Wecoli 10 mg x 1000's | |
| Wecoli 10 mg x 100 x 10's | |
| Wecoli 25 mg x 1000's | |
See 68 substitutes for Myocholine-Glenwood 25mg | |
References
- PubChem. "bethanechol". https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/com... (accessed September 17, 2018).
- DrugBank. "bethanechol". http://www.drugbank.ca/drugs/DB01019 (accessed September 17, 2018).
- MeSH. "Parasympathomimetics". https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/68... (accessed September 17, 2018).
Reviews
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Consumer reported useful
No survey data has been collected yet3 consumers reported price estimates
Was the price you paid to purchase the drug reasonable? Did you feel it was expensive?The below mentioned numbers have been reported by ndrugs.com website users about whether the Myocholine-Glenwood 25mg drug is expensive or inexpensive. There is a mixed opinion among users. The rating about the cost of the drug depends on factors like which brand drug the patient purchased, how effective it was for the price paid, the country or place the drug is marketed, and the economic condition of the patient. The users who feel the drug is expensive can look for an alternative brand drug or a generic drug to save the cost.
| Users | % | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Not expensive | 3 | 100.0% | |
3 consumers reported time for results
To what extent do I have to use Myocholine-Glenwood 25mg before I begin to see changes in my health conditions?As part of the reports released by ndrugs.com website users, it takes > 3 month and a few days before you notice an improvement in your health conditions.
Please note, it doesn't mean you will start to notice such health improvement in the same time frame as other users. There are many factors to consider, and we implore you to visit your doctor to know how long before you can see improvements in your health while taking Myocholine-Glenwood 25mg. To get the time effectiveness of using Myocholine-Glenwood 25mg drug by other patients, please click here.
| Users | % | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| > 3 month | 2 | 66.7% | |
| 1 week | 1 | 33.3% | |
2 consumers reported age
| Users | % | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 46-60 | 1 | 50.0% | |
| 16-29 | 1 | 50.0% | |
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