Drug Detail:Flavoxate (Flavoxate [ flah-vox-ate ])
Drug Class: Urinary antispasmodics
Usual Adult Dose for Urinary Incontinence
100 to 200 mg orally 3 to 4 times a day
Comments: Dose may be reduced as symptoms improve.
Uses: For symptomatic relief of dysuria, urgency, nocturia, suprapubic pain, frequency and incontinence as may occur in cystitis, prostatitis, urethritis, urethrocystitis, and urethrotrigonitis
Usual Adult Dose for Urinary Frequency
100 to 200 mg orally 3 to 4 times a day
Comments: Dose may be reduced as symptoms improve.
Uses: For symptomatic relief of dysuria, urgency, nocturia, suprapubic pain, frequency and incontinence as may occur in cystitis, prostatitis, urethritis, urethrocystitis, and urethrotrigonitis
Usual Adult Dose for Dysuria
100 to 200 mg orally 3 to 4 times a day
Comments: Dose may be reduced as symptoms improve.
Uses: For symptomatic relief of dysuria, urgency, nocturia, suprapubic pain, frequency and incontinence as may occur in cystitis, prostatitis, urethritis, urethrocystitis, and urethrotrigonitis
Usual Adult Dose for Nocturia
100 to 200 mg orally 3 to 4 times a day
Comments: Dose may be reduced as symptoms improve.
Uses: For symptomatic relief of dysuria, urgency, nocturia, suprapubic pain, frequency and incontinence as may occur in cystitis, prostatitis, urethritis, urethrocystitis, and urethrotrigonitis
Usual Pediatric Dose for Urinary Incontinence
12 years or older: 100 to 200 mg orally 3 to 4 times a day
Comments: Dose may be reduced as symptoms improve.
Uses: For symptomatic relief of dysuria, urgency, nocturia, suprapubic pain, frequency and incontinence as may occur in cystitis, prostatitis, urethritis, urethrocystitis, and urethrotrigonitis
Usual Pediatric Dose for Urinary Frequency
12 years or older: 100 to 200 mg orally 3 to 4 times a day
Comments: Dose may be reduced as symptoms improve.
Uses: For symptomatic relief of dysuria, urgency, nocturia, suprapubic pain, frequency and incontinence as may occur in cystitis, prostatitis, urethritis, urethrocystitis, and urethrotrigonitis
Usual Pediatric Dose for Dysuria
12 years or older: 100 to 200 mg orally 3 to 4 times a day
Comments: Dose may be reduced as symptoms improve.
Uses: For symptomatic relief of dysuria, urgency, nocturia, suprapubic pain, frequency and incontinence as may occur in cystitis, prostatitis, urethritis, urethrocystitis, and urethrotrigonitis
Usual Pediatric Dose for Nocturia
12 years or older: 100 to 200 mg orally 3 to 4 times a day
Comments: Dose may be reduced as symptoms improve.
Uses: For symptomatic relief of dysuria, urgency, nocturia, suprapubic pain, frequency and incontinence as may occur in cystitis, prostatitis, urethritis, urethrocystitis, and urethrotrigonitis
Renal Dose Adjustments
Data not available
Liver Dose Adjustments
Data not available
Precautions
CONTRAINDICATIONS:
- Pyloric or duodenal obstruction
- Obstructive intestinal lesions or ileus
- Achalasia
- Gastrointestinal hemorrhage
- Obstructive uropathies of lower urinary tract
Safety and efficacy have not been established in patients younger than 12 years.
Consult WARNINGS section for additional precautions.
Dialysis
Data not available
Other Comments
Patient advice:
- If drowsiness or blurred vision occur, avoid operating a motor vehicle or machinery or participating in activities which require alertness.
