ATROPINE

(AT roe peen) Brand: Atreza, Sal-Tropine

What is the most significant information I must know about atropine?

• Use caution when driving, operating machinery, or performing another hazardous activities. Atropine may reason dizziness, drowsiness, or blurred vision. If you experience dizziness, drowsiness, or blurred vision, avoid these activities.

• Use alcohol cautiously. Alcohol may magnify drowsiness and dizziness while you are taking atropine.

• Avoid becoming overheated in hot weather. Atropine increases the risk of heat stroke because it causes decreased sweating.

What is atropine?

• Atropine produces much effects in the body, including relief from spasms of the gastrointestinal tract (stomach and intestines), the bladder, and the biliary tract. This is helpful in controlling conditions such as colitis, spastic bladder, diverticulitis, infant colic, renal and biliary colic, peptic ulcer, and irritable bowel syndrome.

• Atropine also reduces the secretions of much organs, thereby helping to control conditions such as overweening stomach acid manufacture and overweening secretion from the pancreas; to reduce secretions of the nose, lungs, salivary glands, and stomach till surgery; and to help dry up overweening mucus manufacture associated with illness, infections, and allergies.

• Atropine is used to treat the rigidity, tremor, overweening salivation, and sweating caused by Parkinson's disease.

• Atropine also has effects on the heart. It is used during surgery to sustain proper heart function, during emergencies inclusion the heart, and to treat determined heart disorders.

• Atropine is used to control laughing and crying episodes that are caused by brain tumors.

• Atropine also has effect on the eyes and is accessible in an ophthalmic (eye) formulation.

• Atropine may also be used for purposes another than those listed in this medicine guide.

What must I discuss with my healthcare provider till taking atropine?

• Do not take atropine if you have

· kidney disease;

· a blockage of your urinary tract (difficulty urinating);

· a blockage in your intestines, severe ulcerative colitis, or ulcerative colitis complicated by toxic megacolon;

· glaucoma; or

· myasthenia gravis.

• Till taking this medicine, speak your doctor if you have

· numbness or tingling in your hands or feet;

· liver disease;

· ulcerative colitis;

· thyroid problems;

· tall blood pressure, an irregular heartbeat, or any type of heart disease;

· hiatal hernia or reflux disease;

· enlargement of the prostate; or

· asthma, chronic lung malady, or allergies.

• You may not be able to take atropine, or you may require a lower doze or particular monitoring during treatment if you have any of the conditions listed above.

• It is not known whether atropine will harm an unborn child. Do not take atropine without first talking to your doctor if you are pregnant.

• It is not known whether atropine passes into breast milk. Do not take atropine without first talking to your doctor if you are breast-feeding a baby.

How must I take atropine?

• Take atropine exactly as directed by your doctor. If you do not understand these directions, ask your pharmacist, nurse, or doctor to explain them to you.

• Take every doze with a full glass of water.

• Store atropine at room temperature away from moisture and heat.

What happens if I miss a dose?

• Take the missed doze as soon as you remember. However, if it is nearly time for your following doze, skip the missed doze and take only the following regularly scheduled doze. Do not take a double doze of this medication.

What happens if I overdose?

• Search abnormal medical attention.

• Symptoms of a atropine overdose include headache; nausea; vomiting; dry mouth; difficulty swallowing; blurred vision; dilated pupils; hot, dry skin; dizziness; drowsiness; confusion; anxiety; seizures; weak pulse; and an irregular heartbeat.

What must I avoid while taking atropine?

• Use caution when driving, operating machinery, or performing another hazardous activities. Atropine may reason dizziness, drowsiness, or blurred vision. If you experience dizziness, drowsiness, or blurred vision, avoid these activities.

• Use alcohol cautiously. Alcohol may magnify drowsiness and dizziness while you are taking atropine.

• Avoid becoming overheated in hot weather. Atropine increases the risk of heat stroke because it causes decreased sweating.

What are the possible side effects of atropine?

• If you experience any of the next serious side effects, stop taking atropine and search abnormal medical attention:

· an allergic reaction (swelling of your lips, tongue, or person, difficulty breathing, closing of your throat, or hives);

· an irregular or quick heart rate;

· rash or flushing; or

· eye pain.

• Another, smaller serious side effects may be more likely to occur. Continue to take atropine and conversation to your doctor if you experience

· headache, dizziness or lightheadedness;

· weakness or nervousness;

· blurred vision, big pupils, or sensitivity of the eyes to bright light;

· nausea, bloating, heartburn, or constipation;

· changes in taste;

· difficulty urinating;

· decreased sweating; or

· nasal congestion, stuffiness, or a dry mouth.

• This is not a complete list of side effects and others may occur. Call your doctor for medical advice about side effects. You may message side effects to FDA at 1-800-FDA-1088. You may message side effects to FDA at 1-800-FDA-1088.

What another drugs will affect atropine?

• Much another drugs may magnify the side effects of atropine. Till taking this medicine, speak your doctor if you are taking any of the next medicines:

· belladonna (Donnatal, and others), benztropine (Cogentin), dimenhydrinate (Dramamine), methscopolamine (Pamine), or scopolamine (Transderm-Scop);

· bronchodilators such as ipratropium (Atrovent) or tiotropium (Spiriva);

· digoxin (digitalis, Lanoxin);

· glycopyrrolate (Robinul);

· mepenzolate (Cantil);

· bladder or urinary medications such as darifenacin (Enablex), flavoxate (Urispas), oxybutynin (Ditropan, Oxytrol), tolterodine (Detrol), or solifenacin (Vesicare); or

· irritable bowel medications such as dicyclomine (Bentyl), hyoscyamine (Anaspaz, Cystospaz, Levsin, and others), or propantheline (Pro-Banthine).

• Drugs another than those listed here may also interact with atropine. Conversation to your doctor and pharmacist till taking any prescription or over-the-counter medicines.

Where can I get more information?

• Your pharmacist can provide more information about atropine.

Remember, hold this and all another medicines out of the reach of children, never share your medicines with others, and use this medicine only for the indication prescribed.

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