Detrol
Detrol is generic tolterodine, a twice-daily tablet for overactive bladder: it calms sudden urges, urge leaks and constant trips to the toilet, in 1mg and 2mg strengths.
All strengths and pack prices
| Strength | Pack | Price | Per tablet |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1mg | 30 tablets | $55.98 | $1.88 |
| 1mg | 60 tablets | $104.98 | $1.75 |
| 1mg | 90 tablets | $149.98 | $1.67 |
| 1mg | 120 tablets | $190.80 | $1.59 |
| 1mg | 180 tablets | $280.80 | $1.56 |
| 1mg | 360 tablets | $539.98 | $1.50 |
| 2mg | 10 tablets | $25.50 | $2.55 |
| 2mg | 30 tablets | $70.20 | $2.34 |
| 2mg | 60 tablets | $127.80 | $2.13 |
| 2mg | 90 tablets | $178.20 | $1.98 |
| 2mg | 120 tablets | $228.00 | $1.90 |
| 2mg | 180 tablets | $336.60 | $1.87 |
- Category
- Bladder Health
- Active ingredient
- Tolterodine
- Route
- Oral
- Form
- Tablet
- Strengths
- 1/2mg
You will receive a quality generic equivalent, depending on stock.
Shipped in a discreet, unmarked envelope.
Details
- Conditions
- Overactive bladder
- Therapeutic Class
- Antimuscarinic
- Pharmacological Class
- Anticholinergic
- Minor Side Effects
- Dry mouth, Headache
- Moderate Side Effects
- Dizziness, Constipation
- Dosage Forms
- Tablet
- Administration Route
- Oral
- Originator
- Pfizer
- Onset Time
- 1–2 hours
- Duration
- 12–24 hours
- Storage Instructions
- Store at room temperature in a dry place.
- Drug Interactions
- Ketoconazole, Clarithromycin
- Age Restrictions
- Not recommended for children.
What you will receive
Detrol is the originator brand name, made by Pfizer. We use it to identify the medicine; the pack you receive is a generic equivalent, not the original Detrol.
- The same active ingredient (Tolterodine) at the same strength.
- The exact brand supplied depends on what is in stock when your order ships.
FAQ
Which Detrol strengths and pack sizes can I order?
Detrol tablets come as 1mg in packs of 30 to 360 tablets, and 2mg in packs of 10 to 180 tablets. This is generic tolterodine, not the original Detrol. Larger packs cost less per tablet.
Is Detrol sent discreetly to Hong Kong?
Detrol is sent to Hong Kong in plain, unbranded packaging with nothing on the outside about the contents. Standard airmail takes 14 to 21 business days, untracked. If a parcel does not arrive within the delivery window, or arrives damaged, it is sent again free; if that is not possible, the order is refunded.
Does Detrol have other names?
Detrol is a brand name of tolterodine, which is also sold as Detrusitol. Here, tolterodine can be bought online as generic Detrol. These are generics, not the original brand.
Can I drink alcohol while taking Detrol?
There is no direct clash between the two, but alcohol and tolterodine both leave some people drowsy and light-headed, and together they are more likely to do so. Alcohol also makes you pass urine more often, which works against the point of the tablets. See how a single drink affects you first.
What is the difference between tolterodine 1mg and 2mg?
The number is the amount of tolterodine in each tablet, not a different medicine. 2mg twice a day is the usual dose. 1mg twice a day is used when the higher strength causes more dryness or drowsiness than you want, or when a liver problem or another medicine is already pushing tolterodine levels up.
Does Detrol help with leaks when I cough or sneeze?
No. Leaks brought on by coughing, sneezing, laughing or lifting are stress incontinence, which comes from pressure on the bladder rather than a muscle that squeezes too soon. Tolterodine works on the squeezing kind — urgency and urge leaks — so it is not the tablet for a cough-related leak.
Can I stop Detrol once my symptoms improve?
Detrol is a continuing treatment rather than a short course. Overactive bladder is a long-term pattern, and the urgency tends to return once the tablets are stopped, so most people take them every day for as long as they help.
About Detrol
Rushing to the toilet, day and night
Urgency that arrives without warning, leaks on the way to the bathroom, and getting up several times a night: that pattern is overactive bladder, and Detrol is one of the tablets used for it. Detrol is generic tolterodine, sold as 1mg and 2mg tablets. The 2mg tablet is the usual strength. The 1mg suits twice-daily dosing when 2mg brings more dryness or drowsiness than you want, and also when the liver clears medicines slowly or another drug raises tolterodine levels in the body.
How tolterodine calms an overactive bladder
The trouble in overactive bladder is timing. The bladder wall contracts before it is full, set off by acetylcholine, a chemical messenger that tells the muscle to squeeze. Tolterodine is an antimuscarinic and sits on the receptors that pick that message up, so the signal arrives weaker. The bladder can fill further before the urge arrives, and the gaps between toilet trips lengthen. Benefit builds over a few weeks, not with the first tablet.
Two doses a day, and why some people need 1mg
The two daily tablets fit around breakfast and an evening meal, though food makes no difference to how they work. A forgotten tablet is taken when remembered and never doubled to catch up. Ketoconazole, itraconazole, clarithromycin and ritonavir slow the body's handling of tolterodine and push its level up; the 1mg tablet is the strength used alongside them.
Dry mouth and other effects to expect
A dry mouth is what people notice first, and it usually eases; frequent sips of water or sugar-free gum help. Dry eyes, constipation, headache, indigestion, sleepiness and blurred vision can also appear, so hold off driving until you know how the tablets treat you. Swelling of the face, lips, tongue or throat, or trouble swallowing or breathing, needs urgent treatment. So does a bladder that will not empty at all, or a heartbeat that turns fast or irregular.
What tolterodine should not be mixed with
Tolterodine is not used where the bladder cannot empty or where narrow-angle glaucoma (raised pressure inside the eye) is uncontrolled, and it can worsen myasthenia gravis (a muscle-weakening condition) and severe ulcerative colitis. Other drying medicines, such as the older sedating antihistamines and tricyclic antidepressants, add to the dry mouth and constipation. Oxybutynin is the other common tablet for the same problem, and more bladder medicines are grouped under Bladder.
Sources
- Tolterodine: MedlinePlus Drug Information — MedlinePlus / U.S. National Library of Medicine
- Definition & Facts for Bladder Control Problems (Urinary Incontinence) - NIDDK — National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases