Myotonine Tablets 10mg
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stand (datum): 09.06.2015 format: 135 x 220 mm farben: 1/1-farbig schwarz schriftgroBe: 8,5 pt code: 167
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PACKAGE LEAFLET: INFORMATION FOR THE USER Myotonine 10 mg Tablets Bethanechol chloride
Read all of this leaflet carefully before you start taking this medicine.
- Keep this leaflet. You may need to read it again.
- If you have any further questions, ask your doctor or pharmacist.
- This medicine has been prescribed for you. Do not pass it on to others. It may harm them, even if their symptoms are the same as yours.
- If any of the side effects get serious, or if you notice any side effects not listed in this leaflet, please tell your doctor or pharmacist.
In this leaflet:
1. What Myotonine Tablets are and what they are used for
2. Before you take Myotonine Tablets
3. How to take Myotonine Tablets
4. Possible side effects
5. How to store Myotonine Tablets
6. Further information
Myotonine Tablets belong to a group of medicines called choline esters. The active ingredient in Myotonine Tablets is bethanechol chloride. They are used to treat urinary retention (holding urine in the bladder) following, for example, an operation or after giving birth, and also in the treatment of reflux oesophagitis (inflammation of the oesophagus).
Myotonine Tablets are not recommended for children.
Do not take Myotonine Tablets if:
• you are allergic (hypersensitive) to bethanechol chloride or to any of the other ingredients in Myotonine tablets (See section 6. Further information)
• you have had a blockage of your gut
• you have had problems passing water due to a blockage
• you have had recent heart attack
• you have had recent surgery on your stomach
• you are pregnant or breast feeding
• you are elderly (over 70 years of age).
If any of the above points apply to you, speak to your doctor or pharmacist before taking Myotonine Tablets.
Using other medicines
Please tell your doctor or pharmacist if you are taking or have recently taken any other medicines, including those obtained without a prescription.
Please check with your doctor if you are taking any of the following before taking Myotonine Tablets:
• medicines used to treat abnormal heart rhythms (e.g. quinidine and procainamide)
• other medicines used to treat urinary retention (e.g. distigmine and carbachol)
• medicines that are used to reduce high blood pressure in emergency situations (e.g. trimethaphan).
Taking Myotonine Tablets with food and drink
It is advisable to take Myotonine Tablets on an empty stomach to reduce the risk of feeling sick. They should be taken half an hour before food.
Pregnancy and breast feeding
Do not take Myotonine Tablets if you are pregnant, think you are pregnant or are trying to become pregnant.
Do not take Myotonine Tablets if you are breast feeding.
Driving and using machines
Occasionally Myotonine may interfere with an individual’s ability to drive or operate machinery. If affected, you should not drive or operate machinery.
Always take Myotonine Tablets exactly as your doctor has told you.
Ask your doctor or pharmacist if you are not sure.
• The usual dose for adults is 10 to 25 mg taken three to four times a day.
• Myotonine Tablets should be swallowed whole with a glass of water. They should be taken half an hour before food.
• It is advisable to take Myotonine Tablets on an empty stomach to reduce the risk of feeling sick.
• Myotonine Tablets are not recommended for children or the elderly.
If you take more Myotonine Tablets than you should
If you take too many tablets, or somebody else accidentally swallows your tablets, contact your doctor or the nearest hospital casualty department immediately.
If you forget to take Myotonine Tablets
If you miss a dose and remember within an hour of when you should have taken it, you can take your usual dose. If, however, you forget and remember after two or more hours, do not take it but wait until the next dose is due. Do not take a double dose to make up for a forgotten dose.
Like all medicines Myotonine Tablets can cause side effects, although not everybody gets them.
Possible side effects include feeling and being sick, sweating and stomach pains/ spasms.
If any of the side effects get serious, or if you notice any side effects not listed in this leaflet, please tell your doctor or pharmacist.
Keep out of the reach and sight of children
• Do not use Myotonine Tablets after the expiry date which is stated on the label.
• The expiry date refers to the last day of that month.
• Do not store above 25 °C.
• Store in the original packaging.
Medicines should not be disposed of via waste water or household waste. Ask your pharmacist how to dispose of medicines no longer required. These measures will help to protect the environment.
What Myotonine Tablets contain
The active ingredient in Myotonine Tablets is bethanechol chloride.
Each tablet contains 10 mg of the active ingredient.
The other ingredients are calcium sulphate dihydrate BP, maize starch BP and talc BP (iron free).
What Myotonine Tablets look like and the contents of the pack
Myotonine Tablets are white in colour with a single score line across the tablet and the embossment “MYO10”.
Each pack contains 100 tablets.
Marketing Authorisation Holder and Manufacturer:
GLENWOOD GMBH Pharmazeutische Erzeugnisse Jensenstr. 6, 81679 Munchen, Germany
Product License Number: PL 22824/0005 The leaflet was last revised in June 2015.