Methscopolamine
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Dosing in kidney impairment
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Drug interactions
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Drug interactions Additive anticholinergic effects may result from concomitant use with antipsychotics, tricyclic antidepressants, and other drugs with anticholinergic effects. Concomitant administration with antacids may interfere with the absorption of methscopolamine bromide. 5.
Contraindications
Glaucoma; obstructive uropathy (e.g., bladder neck obstruction due to prostatic hypertrophy); obstructive disease of the gastrointestinal tract (e.g., pyloroduodenal stenosis); paralytic ileus; intestinal atony of the elderly or debilitated patient; unstable cardiovascular status in acute hemorrhage; severe ulcerative colitis; toxic megacolon complicating ulcerative colitis; myasthenia gravis. Methscopolamine Bromide Tablets, USP 2.5 mg and 5 mg is contraindicated in patients who are hypersensitive to methscopolamine bromide or related drugs.
Pregnancy and lactation
Pregnancy
Pregnancy Teratogenic effects Pregnancy Category C. Animal reproduction studies have not been conducted with methscopolamine bromide. It is also not known whether methscopolamine bromide can cause fetal harm when administered to a pregnant woman or can affect reproduction capacity. Methscopolamine bromide should be given to a pregnant woman only if clearly needed. 7. Nursing mothers It is not known whether this drug is excreted in human milk. Because many drugs are excreted in human milk, caution should be exercised when methscopolamine bromide is administered to a nursing woman. Anticholinergic drugs may suppress lactation. 8.
Pediatric use Safety and efficacy in children have not been established.
Lactation
Nursing mothers It is not known whether this drug is excreted in human milk. Because many drugs are excreted in human milk, caution should be exercised when methscopolamine bromide is administered to a nursing woman. Anticholinergic drugs may suppress lactation. 8. Pediatric use Safety and efficacy in children have not been established.
For breastfeeding, also see LactMed (National Library of Medicine), which summarizes milk levels and infant effects.
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