Bethanechol Chloride Tablets

Classification: Urinary Retention Medicines

What is Bethanechol Chloride?

It is a cholinergic agent, and it is used to treat urinary retention in cases of weak urinary muscles.

Uses of Bethanechol Chloride Tablets

Offering a longer duration of action, bethanechol chloride is widely used after surgery to stimulate the urinary bladder muscles to relieve urinary retention.

  • • Post-operative urinary retention
  • • Post-partum urinary retention
  • • Atony of the bladder

Why choose Bethakast by Aprazer?

Bethakast is bethanechol and is manufactured by Aprazer Healthcare. It is the top–leading urinary retention medicine, highly effective and safe to be used in post-surgical urinary issues.

Bethkast is widely prescribed worldwide to relieve urine retention caused by surgery or childbirth.

Aprazer Healthcare – Extensive Range of Cholinergics for Urinary Retention

Aprazer Healthcare is a global pharmaceutical company and a key manufacturer of urinary retention medicines. Aprazer Healthcare manufactures a global range of cholinergic drugs and other preparations focused on urinary and kidney health.

We are a prominent Indian pharmaceutical company that exports the widest range of Urinary retention medicines and other related drugs.

Working of Bethanechol Chloride

It mimics the action of acetylcholine and stimulates the bladder muscle, leading to contraction of the smooth muscle or the detrusor muscle.

Common Side Effects

The side effects are caused due to its stimulatory effect on smooth muscles.

  • • Abdominal pain
  • • Muscle cramps
  • • Diarrhea
  • • Sweating
  • • Flushing
  • • Dizziness
  • • Headache

Serious Side-Effects

The usual symptoms are mild; sometimes, the overstimulation causes serious complications.

  • • Bradycardia
  • • Hypotension
  • • Urinary reflex infection
  • • Seizures or fainting

Precautions while using Bethanechol chloride

It should be used cautiously in people having abdominal surgeries and other medical disorders.

  • • Intestinal surgeries or gastrointestinal disorders – They may cause cramps and pain due to contractions.
  • • Cardiovascular disorders – Due to action on the heart muscles, it decreases the heart rate.
  • • Thyroid dysfunction – It stimulates the thyroid gland.
  • • Asthma – It constricts the respiratory muscles.
  • • Peptic ulcers – They enhance acid secretions.
  • • Parkinson’s – It causes seizures
  • • Pregnant and Lactating women
  • • Children below 12 years of age should not use.
  • • It should not be used in severe liver and kidney dysfunction

Drug Interactions with Bethanechol Chloride

  • • Anticholinergic agent – it may block the bethanechol effect.
  • • Beta-blockers – They increase the risk of side effects
  • • Cholinergic agents – They can amplify bethanechol effects.

Warning for the use of Bethanechol chloride

It should be used upon a doctor’s advice only.

It cannot be used in conditions of mechanical obstruction.

FAQs:

Which is the leading Bethanechol chloride tablet?
Bethakast (Bethanechol Chloride) is available worldwide and highly prescribed.

Is there any important precaution for Bethakast (Bethanechol Chloride) usage?
During the initial treatment, it can cause severe hypotension. One should not stand up immediately, as it can severely lower the blood pressure.

Can we take alcohol with Bethanechol Chloride?
One should not take alcohol, as it may cause more severe dizziness.

Is stomach upset caused by Bethanechol chloride, mild?
It often causes diarrhea, stomach pain at the start of the treatment. Severe or prolonged symptoms should be reported.