About Flavoxate 200 mg Tablet
Flavoxate 200 mg Tablet contains Flavoxate 200 mg. Flavoxate is a medicine that relaxes the muscles of the bladder and urinary tract. It is used to relieve symptoms such as a sudden urge to pass urine, passing urine often, pain or burning, and needing to pass urine at night, which can occur with bladder infections, prostate problems or after urinary procedures. It eases symptoms but does not treat the cause, such as an infection.
Uses of Flavoxate 200 mg Tablet
- Relief of urinary urgency, frequency and pain
- Painful bladder spasms due to cystitis, prostatitis or urethritis
- Symptoms after urinary tract procedures or catheterisation
Benefits
In bladder spasms and urinary symptoms
It relaxes the bladder muscle, easing the urgent need to pass urine, discomfort and pain. If you have an infection, you will also need treatment for that.
Side effects
Most side effects are mild. Talk to your doctor if any of them bother you or do not go away.
Common
- Dry mouth
- Nausea or vomiting
- Drowsiness
- Blurred vision
- Headache
- Nervousness
Get medical help if you notice
- Unable to pass urine — contact your doctor straight away
- Eye pain with blurred vision or seeing haloes — may be raised eye pressure; seek medical help
- Confusion, especially in older people — contact your doctor
- Fast heartbeat or palpitations — contact your doctor
- Allergic reaction: rash, swelling of the face or throat — seek emergency care
How to use
Take it exactly as your doctor prescribed. Swallow the tablet whole with water, with or without food.
How it works
Flavoxate relaxes the smooth muscle of the bladder and urinary tract, reducing spasms that cause urgency, frequency and pain.
Safety advice
Alcohol Caution
Alcohol can add to drowsiness. It is best avoided.
Pregnancy Consult your doctor
Use only if your doctor advises it.
Breastfeeding Consult your doctor
It is not known whether it passes into breast milk. Ask your doctor.
Driving Caution
It can cause drowsiness or blurred vision. Do not drive until you know how it affects you.
Kidney Consult your doctor
Tell your doctor if you have kidney disease.
Liver Consult your doctor
Tell your doctor if you have liver disease.
If you miss a dose
If you miss a dose, take it when you remember. If it is nearly time for the next dose, skip the missed one. Do not take two doses together.
Quick tips
- It eases symptoms but does not cure an infection — finish any antibiotic your doctor prescribes.
- Tell your doctor if you have glaucoma, a blockage in the bowel or urinary tract, or bleeding from the stomach or gut.
- Drink plenty of water unless your doctor advises otherwise.
- See your doctor if symptoms do not improve, or if you have fever or blood in your urine.
Substitutes
Same salts in the same strength from other makers. Only switch brands on your doctor's or pharmacist's advice; our pharmacist checks every order against the prescription.
Fact box
- Chemical class
- Flavone derivative
- Therapeutic class
- Urology
- Action class
- Urinary antispasmodic (smooth muscle relaxant)
- Habit forming
- No
- Prescription
- Required
Interactions with other medicines
Tell your doctor and pharmacist about every medicine, vitamin and herbal product you take.
| Medicine | What can happen |
|---|---|
| Other medicines with anticholinergic effects (some antihistamines, tricyclic antidepressants, trihexyphenidyl) | More dry mouth, blurred vision, constipation and trouble passing urine |
| Sedatives, sleeping pills and alcohol | More drowsiness |
This page is general information to help you understand your medicine. It is not a substitute for advice from your doctor or pharmacist. Do not start, stop or change a medicine on your own.
Written by the Asthra Health Care team from the approved prescribing information (Flavoxate prescribing information (CDSCO-approved labelling); UK SmPC: flavoxate hydrochloride tablets). Pharmacist review pending.