Kentera (previously Oxybutynin Nicobrand)
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Active Ingredient: oxybutynin
Product Overview
About Kentera (previously Oxybutynin Nicobrand)
Kentera (previously Oxybutynin Nicobrand) is a medicine that contains the active substance oxybutynin. It is available as a transdermal patch (a patch that delivers a medicine across the skin) and as a gel in a sachet or a metering pump.
What it is used for
Kentera (previously Oxybutynin Nicobrand) is used to treat urge incontinence (sudden lack of control over urination), increased urinary frequency (need to urinate frequently) and urgency (sudden urge to pass urine) in adults with an overactive bladder (when the bladder muscles contract suddenly). The medicine can only be obtained with a prescription.
How it is used
For the transdermal patches, one patch is used twice a week (every three to four days). The patch should be applied to dry, intact skin on the abdomen (tummy), hip, or buttock immediately after it is removed from the protective sachet. A new application site should be chosen for each new patch so that the same area of skin is not used more than once within a week. For the gel, the recommended daily dose is 4 mg of oxybutynin once a day, which corresponds to one gram of gel delivered using a metering pump or to the content of one sachet. The gel is applied to dry, intact skin on the abdomen, upper arm, shoulders or thighs. Different application sites should be chosen, so that the same area of skin is not used on consecutive days.
How it works
The active substance in Kentera (previously Oxybutynin Nicobrand), oxybutynin, is an anticholinergic medicine. It blocks some receptors in the body called muscarinic M1 and M3 receptors. In the bladder, this causes the muscles that push urine out of the bladder to relax. This leads to an increase in the amount of urine that the bladder can hold, and to changes in the way the bladder muscles contract as the bladder fills up. This helps Kentera (previously Oxybutynin Nicobrand) to prevent unwanted urination. Oxybutynin has been available as a tablet for the treatment of overactive bladder since the 1970s.
Active substance: oxybutynin
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