Urecholine
Urinary Retention
25mg
Bethanechol tablets for urinary retention. It encourages the bladder muscle to contract and empty.
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Bethanechol
Bethanechol (Urecholine) is a muscarinic agonist medicine listed for selected urinary retention, where it can stimulate bladder emptying. This catalogue contains one Urecholine tablet for this use.
Key points
- Bethanechol mimics parasympathetic acetylcholine effects at muscarinic receptors.
- Cholinergic effects can involve sweating, abdominal cramps, diarrhoea and a slower heart rate.
What bethanechol is used for
This Urecholine listing relates bethanechol to Urinary Retention within Bladder Health. Its use concerns non-obstructive urinary retention, where the bladder needs stimulation to empty. A physical urinary blockage is different because making the bladder contract against an obstruction can be harmful.