Solifenacin Krka
Solifenacin Krka helps with symptoms of an overactive bladder, such as sudden and frequent urges to urinate and urinary leakage, allowing you to wait longer between bathroom visits and increasing bladder capacity.
How to Use
Dosage
The recommended dose is one 5 mg tablet once a day, unless your doctor has prescribed 10 mg.
Method
Swallow the tablet whole with liquid. You can take it with or without food; do not crush it.
Do not take more than one dose (5 mg or 10 mg) once daily as instructed by your doctor.
Possible Side Effects
- •Dry mouth
- •Blurred vision
- •Constipation
- •Nausea
- •Indigestion (e.g., feeling full, stomach pain, burping, heartburn)
- •Stomach discomfort
- •Urinary tract infections or bladder inflammation
- •Drowsiness
- •Changes in taste
- •Dry or irritated eyes
- •Dry nasal membranes
- •Reflux disease or dry throat
- •Dry skin
- •Difficulty urinating
- •Fatigue
- •Swelling in lower legs (edema)
- •Fecal impaction (hard stool build-up)
- •Urinary retention (inability to empty bladder)
- •Dizziness
- •Headache
- •Vomiting
- •Itching
- •Rash
- •Hallucinations
- •Confusion
- •Allergic skin rash
- •Decreased appetite
- •High blood potassium (may cause abnormal heart rhythm)
- •Increased eye pressure
- •Irregular heart rhythm (palpitations, fast heartbeat)
- •Voice problems
- •Liver dysfunction
- •Muscle weakness
- •Kidney dysfunction
Important Warnings
- Stop taking this medicine and contact a doctor immediately if you have an allergic reaction, a severe skin reaction (blisters or peeling skin), or swelling of your face, lips, tongue, or throat which makes it difficult to breathe (angioedema).
- Do not take if you have severe difficulty urinating or emptying your bladder completely.
- Do not take if you have a severe stomach or bowel condition (such as toxic megacolon) or severe constipation.
- Do not take if you have myasthenia gravis (muscle weakness), increased eye pressure (glaucoma), severe kidney disease, kidney disease requiring dialysis, or severe liver disease.
- This medicine may cause blurred vision, drowsiness, or tiredness. Do not drive or operate machinery if you experience these effects.
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- Do not use during pregnancy or breastfeeding unless specifically instructed by your doctor.
Use in Elderly Patients
Avoid use in older adults. Anticholinergic. Reduce the dose in severe renal impairment. Significant adverse effects include tachycardia, confusion and cognitive impairment.. Consider the risk of QT prolongation especially when combined with other QT-prolonging drugs. Increases risk of falls. Reduces the effectiveness of drugs for Alzheimer’s disease. (updated 25.11.2024)