Drug name
Artane (Trihexyphenidyl)
Drug Instruction
Artane alters uncommon nerve impulses and relaxes stiff muscles.
Intake Instruction
Use Artane is prescribed for taking under your doctors’ control. Please take the medicine by mouth before meals or after it.
If you feel that medicine tends to dry your mouth too excessively, please take it before meals, lest it causes emesis.
Please note that in case if taken after meals, thirst can be lessened by sucking hard sugarless candy as well as chewing gum, drinking water can also ne helpful.
Please contact your health care provider for more info on the medicine use.
Drug Category and Mechanism
Artane is prescribed for the treatment of angularity, tremors, cramps, and poor muscle monitoring of Parkinson's disease. It is prescribed also for the treatment and prevention of the same muscular conditions when caused by drugs (chlorpromazine (Thorazine), fluphenazine (Prolixin), haloperidol (Haldol), and others.
Missed Dose
Should you miss a dose of this medicine please take it asap. If you find you have missed the previous dosage when it is almost time for your next dose, you should better skip the missed dose and go back to your regular dosing schedule. Taking double or extra doses at once is not recommended. If more than one dose is missed, please contact your attending medical doctor or health care provider.
Storage
The best conditions to keep the medicine at are to store them room temperature 68 and 77 degrees F (20 and 25 degrees C). The container where the medicine is stored should be tightly closed. It should be also strictly protected from moisture, heat and light.
Please make sure to keep Amantadine out of the reach of children and pets.
Safety Precautions
Taking Artane is not recommended in case:
you show allergic reactions to any component in Artane.
Please inform your health care provider if you have any medical conditions, especially if any of these are applicable to you.
may cause giddiness, lightheadedness; alcohol, hot weather, or an abnormally high body temperature may even be worse after these effects. Do not drive, use machinery, or do any actions which require mental alertness until you certainly inform how this medicine may affect you.
Artane may cause giddiness, lightheadedness, alcohol, hot weather, or an abnormally high body temperature, may increase these effects. To stave off, please sit up or stand slowly, this is more applicable to morning hours. Please sit or lie down at the first sign of any of the above - mentioned effects.
Do not become overheated; heatstroke may happen.
Lab tests, which involve eye exams, can be performed while you are being treated with Artane. These tests can be used to regulate your condition or check you for possible side effects. Be certain to keep all doctor and lab appointments.
Pregnancy and breast-feeding:
If you become pregnant, please immediately contact your doctor. You may have the necessity to discuss the benefits and risks of using Artane in the process of being treated with the medicine. It is not yet known if Artane outfalls into breast milk. If you are/ plan to be breast-feeding in the process of being treated with the medicine, please immediately contact your doctor. You should thoroughly discuss possible risks to your baby.
Probable Side Effects
Please discuss with your health care provider if any of the mentioned most COMMON side effects afterglow or become or causing bother:
Changes in vision; constipation; giddiness; drowsiness; sore mouth; headache; high level of sensitivity of the eyes to light; weariness; appetite loss; emesis; irritation; shaking of the hands; retching; weakness.
Please inform your health care provider if you have any medical conditions, especially if any of the below – provided are applicable to you:
austere allergic reactions (rash; hives; itching; hard breathing; tenseness in the thorax; swelling of the mouth, face, lips, or tongue); shaking; thorax pain; disorder; delusions; problem swallowing; hard urination; facial pain or swelling; rapid or pounding heartbeat; an abnormally high body temperature or chills; hallucinations; mood/ mental changes; severe constipation; unmonitored movements.
Extra Information
An important note: This medicine is for you only. Sharing this medicine with others is not recommended.
If your symptoms do not show improvement in the treatment course, please necessarily contact your physician.