Side effects
Detrol has its side effects. The most common are:
- blurred vision
- feeling drowsy
- stomach pain
- dyspepsia
- arthralgia
- migraine
- dry mouth
- dizziness
- dry eyes
- costiveness
- diarrhea
Less common but more serious side effects during taking Detrol:
- allergy reactions (urticaria, breathing difficulties, rash, and eruption)
- abnormal heartbeats
- confusion
- seeing things or hearing voices that do not exist
- problems with urination
- chest paindyspnoea
- rapid weight gain
Side effects manifestations are not only depend on medicine you are taking but also depend on your health state and on the other factors.
Contra-indications
Do not take Detrol if you are allergic to Detrol components.
Do not take Detrol while you are pregnant or have nurseling.
Avoid alcohol.
Take Detrol with care if you are taking bepridil (Vascor),cisapride (Propulsid);chloroquine (Arelan) or halofantrine (Halfan);cyclosporine (Gengraf, Neoral, Sandimmune); narcotic medication such as levomethadyl (Orlaam); or methadone (Dolophine, Methadose);pentamidine (NebuPent, Pentam);vinblastine (Velban);antibiotics such as azithromycin (Zithromax), clarithromycin (Biaxin), dirithromycin (Dynabac), erythromycin (E-Mycin, E.E.S., Erythrocin, Ery-Tab), pentamidine (NebuPent, Pentam), sparfloxacin (Zagam), telithromycin (Ketek);medicines to treat psychiatric disorder, such as chlorpromazine (Thorazine), mesoridazine (Serentil) pimozide (Orap), or thioridazine (Mellaril); or heart rhythm medicine such as amiodarone (Cordarone, Pacerone), dofetilide (Tikosyn), disopyramide (Norpace), procainamide (Procan, Pronestyl), quinidine (Cardioquin, Quinaglute), or sotalol (Betapace), arsenic trioxide (Trisenox); haloperidol (Haldol), droperidol (Inapsine).
You should be careful when you are driving or operating machinery.
It can be dangerous to use Detrol if you suffer from or have a history of a blockage in your stomach or intestines, untreated or uncontrolled glaucoma, kidney disease, "Long QT syndrome", blockage of the urinary tract (difficulty urinating), liver disease.
It can be dangerous to stop Detrol taking suddenly.