Diverin 20 mg (Tablet)

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Medicine Details

Category Details
Generic Dicycloverine hydrochloride
Company Aci limited
Also available as
Diverin 10 mg syrup

Title

  • Diverin

Categories

  • Medicine
  • Antispasmodic
  • Anticholinergic

Description

Diverin is indicated for functional bowel/irritable bowel syndrome, urinary incontinence, infantile colic, GIT spasm, colicky abdominal pain, diverticulitis, and abdominal colic.

Dimensions

  • N/A

Color options

  • N/A

Functions

  • Relieves smooth muscle spasm of the gastrointestinal tract
  • Prevents certain chemicals from interacting with cholinergic receptors
  • Causes gut muscle to relax
  • Relieves pain produced by gut muscle contraction and spasm

Materials

  • Dicycloverine hydrochloride

Technical specifications

  • 10 to 20 mg oral dosage for adults three times a day
  • 5 to 10 mg oral dosage for children over 6 months three times a day
  • 80 mg intramuscular injection for adults daily (in 4 equally divided doses)
  • Pregnancy Category B

Design elements

  • Sterile
  • Pyrogen-free
  • Aqueous solution for intramuscular injection
  • Not for intravenous use

Usability features

  • Should be used cautiously in case of lactating mother
  • Use with caution in patients with autonomic neuropathy, hepatic or renal disease, ulcerative colitis, coronary heart disease, congestive heart failure, cardiac tachyarrhythmia, hiatal hernia, known or suspected prostatic hypertrophy

Indications

  • Functional bowel/irritable bowel syndrome
  • Urinary incontinence secondary to unstable detrusor muscle
  • Infantile colic
  • GIT spasm
  • Colicky abdominal pain
  • Diverticulitis
  • Abdominal colic

Pharmacology

  • Antispasmodic
  • Anticholinergic

Dosage administration

  • Adults: 10 to 20 mg three times a day
  • Children over 6 months of age: 5 to 10 mg three times a day
  • Intramuscular dose for adults: 80 mg daily (in 4 equally divided doses)

Side effects

  • Insomnia
  • Mydriasis
  • Cycloplegia
  • Increased ocular tension
  • Urinary hesitancy
  • Palpitations
  • Dyspnea

Pregnancy lactation

  • Pregnancy Category B
  • Should be used cautiously in case of lactating mother

Precautions warnings

  • Use with caution in patients with autonomic neuropathy, hepatic or renal disease, ulcerative colitis, coronary heart disease, congestive heart failure, cardiac tachyarrhythmia, hiatal hernia, known or suspected prostatic hypertrophy

Overdose effects

  • Headache
  • Nausea
  • Vomiting
  • Blurred vision
  • Dilated pupils
  • Hot, dry skin
  • Dizziness
  • Dryness of the mouth
  • Difficulty in swallowing
  • CNS stimulation

Therapeutic class

  • Anticholinergics (antimuscarinics)/ Anti-spasmodics

Storage conditions

  • Keep below 30°C temperature
  • Away from light & moisture
  • Keep out of the reach of children

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