Hyoscine Butylbromide = Butylscopolamine Injectable

Generic Name: Hyoscine Butylbromide

Brand Names:

Availability: Available with Prescription

Drug Class: Antispasmodic and Anticholinergic agent

Therapeutic action

  • Antispasmodic, anticholinergic drug

Indications

  • Spasms of the gastrointestinal tract and genitourinary tract

Forms and strengths, route of administration

  • 20 mg in 1 ml ampoule (20 mg/ml) for IM, SC or slow IV injection

Dosage

  • Adult: 20 to 40 mg to be repeated if necessary (max. 100 mg daily)

Duration

  • According to clinical response;no prolonged treatment.

Contra-indications, adverse effects, precautions

  • Do not administer to patients with benign prostatichyperplasia, urinary retention, closed-angle glaucoma, tachycardia.
  • May cause: urinary retention, dryness of the mouth, constipation, blurred vision, tachycardia (anticholinergic effects).
  • Administer with caution and under close supervision:
  • in the event of heart failure, coronary insufficiency, cardiac rhythm disorders, hypertension; to patients taking other anticholinergic drugs (antidepressants, antipsychotics, H-1 antihistamines, antiparkinsonians, etc.).
  • Administer with caution to patients with fever (may affect thermoregulation).
  • Pregnancy: no contra-indication; NO PROLONGED TREATMENT
  • Breast-feeding: no contra-indication; NO PROLONGED TREATMENT

Storage

– Below 25 °C