Lyrinel Xl 10mg Prolonged-Release Tablets
1. What Lyrinel XL is and what it is used for
2. What you need to know before you take Lyrinel XL
3. How to take Lyrinel XL
PACKAGE LEAFLET: INFORMATION FOR THE USER Lyrinel XL® 10mg prolonged-release Tablets
(oxybutynin hydrochloride)
Your medicine is known as the above but will be referred to as Lyrinel XL throughout the remainder of this leaflet.
This medicine is also available in 5mg and this will also be referred to throughout the leaflet.
Read all of this leaflet carefully before you start taking this medicine because it contains important information for you.
• Keep this leaflet. You may need to read it again.
• If you have any further questions, ask your doctor, pharmacist or nurse.
• This medicine has been prescribed for you only. Do not pass it on to others. It may harm them, even if their signs of illness are the same as yours.
If you get any side effects, talk to your doctor, pharmacist or nurse. This includes any possible side effects not listed in this leaflet. See section 4.
What is in this leaflet:
1. What Lyrinel XL is and what it is used for
2. What you need to know before you take Lyrinel XL
3. How to take Lyrinel XL
4. Possible side effects
5. How to store Lyrinel XL
6. Contents of the pack and other information
Lyrinel XL contains a medicine called oxybutynin hydrochloride. This belongs to a group of medicines called 'anticholinergics' or 'antispasmodics'.
Lyrinel XL works by relaxing your bladder muscles. It also stops bladder contractions and delays the desire to pass urine (water).
Your tablets are made in a 'prolonged release' form. The tablets are coated with a 'special membrane', which slowly release the medicine. This membrane may pass through your body unchanged. This does not affect the way the medicine works. Lyrinel XL can be used:
• To help adults control when and how often they pass urine
• In children 5 years or older to treat:
o Loss of control in passing urine (urinary incontinence) o Increased need or urgency to pass urine o Night time bedwetting, when other treatments have not worked.
If your symptoms do not improve after 7 days talk to your doctor. You must talk to a doctor if at any time your symptoms worsen.
Do not take Lyrinel XL:
• if you are allergic to oxybutynin hydrochloride or any of the other ingredients of this medicine (listed in section 6).
• if you have raised pressure in your eye (glaucoma)
• if you have a muscle weakness problem called 'myasthenia gravis'
• if you have a feeling of incomplete emptying of the bladder (urinary retention)
• if you have a problem with your gut (stomach or intestine) called 'toxic megacolon', 'paralytic ileus' or 'intestinal atony'. These are when your gut is blocked, perforated or not working properly
• if you have a severe form of condition known as 'ulcerative colitis'. This is a disease that causes frequent diarrhoea
• if you have heart or kidney failure and need to pass urine more often than usual, especially at night
• if you have a blood problem called 'porphyria'.
Do not use Lyrinel XL if any of the above apply to you. If you are
not sure, talk to your doctor, nurse or pharmacist before taking
Lyrinel XL.
Warnings and precautions
Talk to your doctor, pharmacist or nurse before taking Lyrinel XL
• if you are elderly and frail (weak or in poor health) as you may be more sensitive to Lyrinel XL
• if you have a problem with your gut (stomach or intestine)
• if you have hiatal hernia, reflux disease (GERD) or heart burn
• if you are taking medicines to treat osteoporosis (drugs known as bisphosphonates)
• if you have kidney or liver problems
• if you have a problem called 'bladder outflow obstruction' which makes it difficult to pass urine
• if you have a urinary tract infection
• if you have an overactive thyroid
• if you have heart problems
• if you have high blood pressure
• if you have prostate problems
• if you have something called 'dementia' (memory loss and confusion) and are being treated for it with a certain type of medicine, such as donepezil, rivastigmine, galantamine or tacrine
• if you have Parkinson's disease
If you are not sure if any of the above apply to you, talk to your
doctor, nurse or pharmacist before taking Lyrinel XL.
Lyrinel XL may reduce the amount of saliva resulting in tooth decay, gum disease, or fungal infection of the mouth (oral thrush).
Children
Lyrinel XL is not recommended in children under 5 years of age. Other medicines and Lyrinel XL
Tell your doctor or pharmacist if you are taking, have recently taken or might take any other medicines. This includes medicines obtained without a prescription, and herbal therapies. This is because Lyrinel XL can affect the way some other medicines work. Also, some other medicines can affect the way Lyrinel XL works.
In particular, tell your doctor, nurse or pharmacist if you are taking any of the following medicines:
• For mental problems such as phenothiazines or butyrophenones and clozapine
• For depression called 'tricyclic antidepressants' (such as amitriptyline or desipramine)
• For Parkinson's disease such as amantadine or levodopa
• For allergy called 'antihistamines' (such as chlorphenamine or diphenhydramine)
• For heart problems such as quinidine or digitalis
• For treating or preventing muscle spasms (antispasmodics such as diazepam)
• Used to thin your blood called dipyridamole
• Other anticholinergic medicines such as atropine for glaucoma or hyoscine for nausea
• For dementia such as donepezil, rivastigmine, galantamine or tacrine
• Placed under the tongue to treat angina (sublingual nitrates)
• For fungal infections such as ketoconazole, itraconazole and fluconazole
• Antibiotics called 'macrolides' (such as erythromycin)
• Domperidone and metoclopramide - used to stop you feeling sick (nausea) or being sick (vomiting).
• Medicines used to help empty the stomach and move foods through the gut (such as domperidone).
If you are not sure if any of the above apply to you, talk to your doctor, nurse or pharmacist before taking this medicine.
Do not drink alcohol while taking this medicine.
Pregnancy and breast-feeding
If you are pregnant or breast-feeding, think you may be pregnant or are planning to have a baby, ask your doctor or pharmacist for advice before taking this medicine.
Driving and using machines
There have been reports of dizziness and blurred vision with the use of Lyrinel XL. You should therefore be careful when driving, using machinery or performing other tasks that need full attention.
Lyrinel XL contains lactose
Lyrinel XL tablets contain lactose (0.03 mg), a type of sugar. If you have been told by your doctor that you cannot tolerate or digest some sugars, talk to your doctor before taking this medicine.
Always take this medicine exactly as your doctor or pharmacist has told you. Check with your doctor or pharmacist if you are not sure.
• Lyrinel XL should be taken once daily
• T ake your medicine at the same time each day
• Swallow the tablet whole with a glass of water
• Do not chew, break or crush the tablet
• You can take your medicine with food or in between meals.
How much to take
Your doctor will decide what dose of medicine is best for you.
Use in adults
• The starting dose is normally one 5 mg tablet each day
• After at least one week, your doctor may increase your dose to 10 mg each day
• Your doctor may increase this to a maximum of 20 mg each day
• Your doctor will leave a gap of at least one week between changing the dose.
Use in children (over 5 years)
• The starting dose is normally one 5 mg tablet each day
• Your child's doctor may increase the dose to a maximum of 15 mg each day.
If you take more Lyrinel XL than you should
If you think that you have taken too many tablets, tell a doctor or go to the nearest hospital casualty department straight away.
T ake the medicine pack with you. This is so the doctor knows what you have taken. You may experience symptoms starting as restlessness and excitement, and worsening to circulation changes such as flushing or drop in blood pressure, difficulty breathing, being unable to move your body and losing consciousness.
If you forget to take Lyrinel XL
• Do not take a double dose to make up for a forgotten dose.
• If you forget a dose, do not worry. Just skip that dose and take your next dose at the regular time.
If you have any further questions on the use of this medicine, ask your doctor, pharmacist or nurse.
Hot weather or fever
Care must be taken when using Lyrinel XL in hot weather or in people with a fever. This is because Lyrinel XL reduces the amount a person sweats. This can lead to heat exhaustion and heat stroke.