Vesicare
Vesicare 5mg and 10mg tablets contain solifenacin for overactive bladder, easing sudden urges, frequent trips and accidental leaks, in packs of 30, 60, 90, 120 or 180 tablets.
All strengths and pack prices
| Strength | Pack | Price | Per tablet |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5mg | 30 tablets | $81.60 | $2.72 |
| 5mg | 60 tablets | $132.60 | $2.21 |
| 5mg | 90 tablets | $188.10 | $2.09 |
| 5mg | 120 tablets | $234.00 | $1.95 |
| 5mg | 180 tablets | $334.80 | $1.86 |
| 10mg | 30 tablets | $99.30 | $3.31 |
| 10mg | 60 tablets | $179.40 | $2.99 |
| 10mg | 90 tablets | $265.50 | $2.95 |
| 10mg | 120 tablets | $343.20 | $2.86 |
| 10mg | 180 tablets | $468.00 | $2.60 |
- Category
- Bladder Health
- Active ingredient
- Solifenacin
- Route
- Oral
- Form
- Tablet
- Strengths
- 5/10mg
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, Constipation
- Moderate Side Effects
- Blurred vision, Drowsiness
- Dosage Forms
- Tablet
- Administration Route
- Oral
- Originator
- Astellas Pharma
- Onset Time
- 3–6 hours
- Duration
- 24 hours
- Storage Instructions
- Store at room temperature.
- Drug Interactions
- Ketoconazole, Other anticholinergics
- Age Restrictions
- Adult use.
What you will receive
Vesicare is the originator brand name, made by Astellas Pharma. We use it to identify the medicine; the pack you receive is a generic equivalent, not the original Vesicare.
- The same active ingredient (Solifenacin) at the same strength.
- The exact brand supplied depends on what is in stock when your order ships.
FAQ
Which Vesicare strengths and pack sizes can I order?
Vesicare pages list 5mg and 10mg tablets, each in packs of 30, 60, 90, 120 or 180. The pack contains generic solifenacin, not the original Vesicare. Larger packs cost less per tablet.
Can I pay for Vesicare with cryptocurrency?
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Can I take Vesicare at night?
Yes. It is a once-a-day tablet with no link to meals or to sleep, so bedtime is a perfectly good time. Choose one hour you can keep to every day, because regular timing holds the level of the medicine steady.
Can I take Vesicare with food?
Yes. Food does not get in the way of the tablet, so breakfast, dinner or a snack all work just as well, and an empty stomach is fine too. Choose whichever fits your day best.
Is Vesicare the same as solifenacin?
Yes. Solifenacin is the active ingredient and Vesicare is the brand it is usually known by. The tablets sold on this page are generic solifenacin in 5mg or 10mg, so the strength on the pack is what tells you the dose.
Does Vesicare cause blurred vision?
It can. Blurred vision is one of the more usual effects and comes from the medicine's drying action on the body; it often fades over the first few weeks. Dry eyes and a dry mouth tend to arrive alongside it.
Can I drink alcohol with Vesicare?
Solifenacin and alcohol do not clash directly, but the tablets can leave you drowsy or unsteady, and a drink makes that more likely. Keep the first few drinking occasions modest until you know how the tablets affect you.
About Vesicare
What Vesicare treats
Vesicare is the name these tablets are sold under; the medicine inside is solifenacin. It is used for overactive bladder: a sudden urge to pass urine that is hard to put off, far more trips to the toilet than usual, and sometimes leaking on the way there. Night-time waking to urinate is part of the same picture. The tablets do not help stress incontinence — the leaks that follow a cough, a sneeze or a laugh.
How solifenacin works
Filling the bladder is meant to be quiet. As it stretches, nerve signals that use a chemical called acetylcholine keep the bladder wall relaxed until you are ready to go. Solifenacin blocks the receptors those signals dock into, so fewer get through and the muscle is slower to squeeze. You may hold more urine before the urge arrives. It eases the symptoms; it does not remove what makes the bladder overactive.
Taking your tablets
One tablet a day, at whatever hour fits your routine — meals make no difference to it. Take it with water, and swallow the tablet whole rather than crushing it. Steady blood levels are what keep the bladder calm, so try not to chop and change the time. Give it several weeks: the effect builds up gradually and a month of daily tablets is a fair trial.
Side effects to know about
A dry mouth is the effect most people notice; it usually becomes less of a nuisance after a few weeks. Constipation, blurred vision, tiredness and dry eyes can also turn up. Rarer problems include urinary retention, where the bladder will not empty properly, and a rise in pressure inside an eye whose drainage is narrow — a painful red eye with hazy vision. Swelling of the face, lips or throat, or a rash with trouble breathing, needs urgent treatment.
Other medicines that dry the body out — some antidepressants, antihistamines and similar — add to the dry mouth, constipation and blurring. Antifungals such as ketoconazole and itraconazole, and HIV medicines such as ritonavir, slow the breakdown of solifenacin, so more of it stays in the body.
Strengths, pack sizes and storage
Vesicare tablets come in 5mg and 10mg, in packs of 30, 60, 90, 120 or 180. Most people start on 5mg; the 10mg tablet is for when the urge still breaks through. The tablets supplied here are generic solifenacin. Leave each tablet in its blister strip until it is needed.
Sources
- Solifenacin: MedlinePlus Drug Information — MedlinePlus / U.S. National Library of Medicine
- Solifenacin - a medicine to treat symptoms of an overactive bladder - NHS — NHS UK