Methenamine, sodium phosphate, monobasic, methylene blue, and hyoscyamine
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Drug interactions
Check methenamine, sodium phosphate, monobasic, methylene blue, and hyoscyamine against a medication listLabel text (1 paragraph)
Drug Interactions because of this product's effect on gastrointestinal motility and gastric emptying, it may decrease the absorption of other oral medications during concurrent use such as: urinary alkalizers; thiazide diuretics (may cause the urine to become alkaline reducing the effectiveness of methenamine by inhibiting its conversion to formaldehyde); antimuscarinics (concurrent use may intensify antimuscarinic effects of hyoscyamine because of secondary antimuscarinic activities of these medications); antacids/antidiarrheals (may reduce absorption of hyoscyamine, concurrent use with antacids may cause urine to become alkaline reducing effectiveness of methenamine by inhibiting its conversion to formaldehyde) doses of these medications should be spaced 1 hour apart from doses of hyoscyamine; antimyasthenics (concurrent use with hyoscyamine may further reduce intestinal motility); ketoconazole (patients should be advised to take this combination at least 2 hours after ketoconazole); monoamine oxidase (MAO) Inhibitors (concurrent use may intensify antimuscarinic side effects, opoid (narcotic) analgesics may result in increased risk of severe constipation); sulfonamides (these drugs may precipitate with formaldehyde in the urine, increasing the danger of crystalluria). Patients should be advised that the urine may become blue to blue green and the feces may be discolored as a result of the excretion of methylene blue.
Contraindications
CONTRAINDICATIONS UROGESIC-BLUE™ is contraindicated in patients with a hypersensitivity to any of the ingredients. Risk-benefit should be considered when the following medical problems exist: Cardiac disease (especially cardiac arrythmias, congestive heart failure, coronary heart disease, mitral stenosis); gastrointestinal tract obstructive disease; glaucoma; myasthenia gravis; acute urinary retention may be precipitated in obstructive uropathy (such as bladder neck obstruction due to prostatic hypertrophy).
Pregnancy and lactation
Pregnancy
Pregnancy/Reproduction (Pregnancy Category C) hyoscyamine and methenamine cross the placenta. Studies have not been done in animals or humans. It is not known whether UROGESIC-BLUE™ tablets cause fetal harm when administered to a pregnant woman or can affect reproduction capacity. UROGESIC-BLUE™ tablets should be given to a pregnant woman only if clearly needed.
Lactation
Breast-feeding problems in humans have not been documented; however, methenamine and traces of hyoscyamine are excreted in breast milk.
For breastfeeding, also see LactMed (National Library of Medicine), which summarizes milk levels and infant effects.
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