Solifenacin Stada
Solifenacin Stada helps control an overactive bladder, allowing you to hold urine longer and visit the toilet less often.
Form
tabletti, kalvopäällysteinen
Strength
5 mg
Active Ingredient
Solifenacin succinate
Manufacturer
STADA Arzneimittel AG
How to Use
Dosage
Usually 5 mg once daily, unless your doctor has prescribed 10 mg once daily.
Method
Swallow the tablet whole with a little liquid, such as a glass of water. You can take it with or without food. Do not crush the tablets.
Important
Never take more than one dose per day.
Possible Side Effects
COMMON
- •Dry mouth
- •Blurred vision
- •Constipation
- •Nausea
- •Indigestion (dyspepsia)
- •Stomach pain
RARE
- •Urinary tract infection
- •Bladder inflammation
- •Drowsiness
- •Changed taste perception (dysgeusia)
- •Dry (irritated) eyes
- •Dry nasal membranes
- •Reflux disease (gastroesophageal reflux)
- •Dry throat
- •Dry skin
- •Difficulty urinating
- •Fatigue
- •Fluid retention in limbs
- •Blockage of large intestine, hard stool impaction
- •Difficulty emptying bladder
- •Dizziness, headache
- •Vomiting
- •Itching, rash
- •Hallucinations, confusion
- •Allergic rash
- •Decreased appetite
- •High blood potassium that can cause abnormal heart rhythm
- •Increased eye pressure
- •Changes in heart's electrical activity (ECG), irregular heartbeat, feeling your heart beat, faster heartbeat (palpitations)
- •Voice problems
- •Liver dysfunction
- •Muscle weakness
- •Kidney dysfunction
Important Warnings
- If you have difficulty urinating or emptying your bladder completely.
- If you have a severe stomach or bowel disease, like toxic megacolon or ulcerative colitis.
- If you have myasthenia gravis, a muscle disease causing severe muscle weakness.
- If you have uncontrolled glaucoma (high eye pressure leading to progressive vision loss).
- If you are allergic to solifenacin or any other ingredient in this medicine.
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- If you are on dialysis.
- If you have severe liver disease.
- If you have severe kidney disease, or moderate liver problems AND are taking medicines that slow down the removal of Solifenacin Stada from your body (e.g., ketoconazole).
- If you have constipation or your digestive system is slow.
- If you have a stomach hernia (hiatus hernia) or heartburn.
- If you have an autonomic neuropathy (nerve disease).
- Stop taking Solifenacin Stada and seek immediate medical attention if you experience allergic reactions or severe skin reactions (e.g., blistering or peeling of the skin).
- Stop taking Solifenacin Stada and seek immediate medical attention if you experience angioedema (swelling beneath the skin surface) associated with breathing difficulties (airway obstruction).
Use in Elderly Patients
Category D
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)