Vesicare 5mg & 10mg film-coated tablets
Astellas Pharma Ltd
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Active ingredient
solifenacin succinate
Legal Category
POM: Prescription only medicine
Below is a text only representation of the Patient Information Leaflet, the original can be viewed in PDF format using the link above.
The text only version may be available from RNIB in large print, Braille or audio CD. For further information call RNIB Medicine Leaflet Line on 0800 198 5000. The product code(s) for this leaflet are: PL 00166/0197, PL 00166/0198.
Vesicare 5mg & 10mg film-coated tablets
Package leaflet: Information for the user
Vesicare™ 5 mg film-coated tablets
Vesicare™ 10 mg film-coated tablets
solifenacin succinate
Read all of this leaflet carefully before you start taking this medicine because it contains important information for you.
•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 only. Do not pass it on to others. It may harm them, even if their signs of illness are the same as yours.
•If you get any side effects, talk to your doctor or pharmacist. This includes any possible side effects not listed in this leaflet. See section 4.
What is in this leaflet
1. What Vesicare is and what it is used for
2. What you need to know before you take Vesicare
3. How to take Vesicare
4. Possible side effects
5. How to store Vesicare
6. Contents of the pack and other information
1. What Vesicare is and what it is used for
The active substance of Vesicare belongs to the group of anticholinergics. These medicines are used to reduce the activity of an overactive bladder. This enables you to wait longer before having to go to the bathroom and increases the amount of urine that can be held by your bladder.
Vesicare is used to treat the symptoms of a condition called overactive bladder. These symptoms include: having a strong, sudden urge to urinate without prior warning, having to urinate frequently or wetting yourself because you could not get to the bathroom in time.
2. What you need to know before you take Vesicare
Do not take Vesicare
•if you have an inability to pass water or to empty your bladder completely (urinary retention)
•if you have a severe stomach or bowel condition (including toxic megacolon, a complication associated with ulcerative colitis)
•if you suffer from the muscle disease called myasthenia gravis, which can cause an extreme weakness of certain muscles
•if you suffer from increased pressure in the eyes, with gradual loss of eye sight (glaucoma)
•if you are allergic to solifenacin or any of the other ingredients of this medicine (listed in section 6)
•if you are undergoing kidney dialysis
•if you have severe liver disease
•if you suffer from severe kidney disease or moderate liver disease AND at the same time are being treated with medicines that may decrease the removal of Vesicare from the body (for example, ketoconazole). Your doctor or pharmacist will have informed you if this is the case.
Inform your doctor if you have or ever had any of the above mentioned conditions before treatment with Vesicare starts.
Warnings and precautions
Talk to your doctor or pharmacist before taking Vesicare
•if you have trouble emptying your bladder (= bladder obstruction) or have difficulty in passing urine (e.g. a thin urine flow). Risk of accumulation of |
