urine in the bladder (urinary retention) is much higher.
•if you have some obstruction of the digestive system (constipation).
•if you are at risk of your digestive system slowing down (stomach and bowel movements). Your doctor will have informed you if this is the case.
•if you suffer from severe kidney disease.
•if you have moderate liver disease.
•if you have a stomach tear (hiatus hernia) or heartburn.
•if you have a nervous disorder (autonomic neuropathy).
Children and adolescents
Vesicare is not to be used in children or adolescents under 18 years.
Inform your doctor if you have or ever had any of the above mentioned conditions before treatment with Vesicare starts.
Before starting Vesicare, your doctor will assess whether there are other causes for your need to pass urine frequently (for example heart failure (insufficient pumping power of the heart) or kidney disease). If you have a urinary tract infection, your doctor will prescribe you an antibiotic (a treatment against particular bacterial infections).
Other medicines and Vesicare
Please tell your doctor or pharmacist if you are taking or have recently taken or might take other medicines.
It is especially important to inform your doctor if you are taking:
•other anticholinergic medicines, effects and side effects of both medications can be enhanced.
•cholinergics as they can reduce the effect of Vesicare.
•medicines, like metoclopramide and cisapride, which make the digestive system work faster. Vesicare can reduce their effect.
•medicines, like ketoconazole, ritonavir, nelfinavir, itraconazole, verapamil and diltiazem, which decrease the rate at which Vesicare is broken down by the body
•medicines like rifampicin, phenytoin and carbamazepine, as they may increase the rate at which Vesicare is broken down by the body.
•medicines such as bisphosphonates, that can cause or exacerbate inflammation of the gullet (oesophagitis).
Vesicare with food and drink
Vesicare can be taken with or without food, depending on your preference.
Pregnancy and breast-feeding
You should not use Vesicare if you are pregnant unless clearly necessary.
Do not use Vesicare if you are breast-feeding as solifenacin may get into your breast milk.
Ask your doctor or pharmacist for advice before taking this medicine.
Driving and using machines
Vesicare may cause blurred vision and sometimes sleepiness or tiredness. If you suffer from any of these side effects, do not drive or operate machinery.
Vesicare contains lactose. If you have been told by your doctor that you have a rare hereditary problem of galactose intolerance, Lapp lactase deficiency or glucose-galactose malabsorption you should not use this medicine.
3. How to take Vesicare
Instructions for proper use
Always take this medicine exactly as your doctor has told you. Check with your doctor or pharmacist if you are not sure.
You should swallow the whole tablet with some liquid. It can be taken with or without food, according to your preference. Do not crush the tablets.
The usual dose is 5 mg per day, unless your doctor told you to take 10 mg per day.
If you take more Vesicare than you should
If you have taken too much Vesicare or if a child has accidentally taken Vesicare, contact your doctor or pharmacist immediately.
Symptoms of overdose may include: headache, dry mouth, dizziness, drowsiness and blurred vision, perceiving things that are not there (halluci |
