Tolstat
Tolstat Products are primarily used for
Overactive bladder (OAB) symptoms
About Tolstat Products
Uses of Tolstat Products
Tolterodine is used in the treatment of Overactive bladder (OAB) symptoms. OAB is a collection of urinary symptoms, including frequent urination, urgent need to urinate, and inability to control urination.
Tolstat Products side effects
Common
Side Effects of Tolstat are Dryness in mouth, Constipation, Headache, Blurred vision, Urinary retention, Dry eye.
How Tolstat Products work
Tolterodine is an antimuscarinic. It works by relaxing muscles of the urinary bladder and prevents frequent, urgent or uncontrolled urination.
Patient Concerns about Tolstat Products
Frequently asked questions about Tolstat Products
Frequently asked questions about Tolterodine
Q. How long does it take for Tolstat 4mg Tablet to show its effect?
Your symptoms may start improving within 1 week of starting Tolstat 4mg Tablet. Maximum benefits may be seen after 5-8 weeks of treatment. To maintain this improvement, your doctor may prescribe this medicine to you for a long term of up to 24 months.
Q. What class of drug is Tolstat 4mg Tablet? Is it a diuretic?
Tolstat 4mg Tablet belongs to a class of medicines known as muscarinic receptor blockers. Tolstat 4mg Tablet is not a diuretic, it is a urinary antispasmodic. This means that it relaxes the urinary bladder, decreasing spasm of the bladder wall. This further provides better control upon the release of urine and also increases storage volume of the bladder.
Q. Can I just stop taking Tolstat 4mg Tablet?
Tolstat 4mg Tablet does not cure your condition but helps to control the symptoms of overactive bladder. Do not stop taking this medicine even if you feel better. Your doctor will reassess your condition at regular intervals, like 6 months, to understand the duration for which you need to take Tolstat 4mg Tablet.
Q. Can I crush the tablets of Tolstat 4mg Tablet and then take it?
No, do not crush or chew the tablets. Swallow the whole tablet with a glass of water. You can take it with or without food. Take it exactly as directed by your doctor.
Q. Can Tolstat 4mg Tablet be used in children?
When studied in children, Tolstat 4mg Tablet did not relieve the symptoms of overactive bladder. Therefore, its use in children is not recommended.
Q. Who should avoid taking Tolstat 4mg Tablet?
Patients who have urinary retention (unable to pass urine), have delayed emptying of stomach or blocked intestinal tract (toxic megacolon, ulcerative colitis, pyloric stenosis) or uncontrolled high pressure in the eyes (narrow-angle glaucoma). It should also be avoided by patients who have any muscle disease which causes drooping eyelids, double vision, difficulty in speaking and swallowing, and sometimes muscle weakness in the arms or legs (myasthenia gravis). Patients who are hypersensitive to Tolterodine should avoid it as well.
Q. I am having constipation because of which I want to discontinue Tolstat 4mg Tablet. Will I have any harmful effects?
No, discontinuing Tolstat 4mg Tablet will not have any harmful effects, but the symptoms of overactive bladder may return. Talk to your doctor regarding constipation and you can stop the medicine if advised by the doctor.
Q. Does Tolstat 4mg Tablet cause dementia?
It is unclear whether Tolstat 4mg Tablet can cause dementia or not. However, according to some reports, when people with dementia were given Tolstat 4mg Tablet, their symptoms (confusion, disorientation and delusion) became worse.
Products for Tolstat
Tolstat 4mg Tablet
strip of 10 tablets
MRP
₹142.86
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Tolstat 2mg Tablet
strip of 10 tablets
MRP
₹81.25
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