Tenuate

Information concerning Tenuate

Generic Name: diethylpropion (pronounced as [dye eth ill ‘proe pee on])
Being sold under brand names: “Tenuate Dospan”, “Tenuate”

1.......What is the most essential information I should remember about Tenuate?
2.......What is Tenuate?
3.......Who should not take Tenuate in?
4.......How should I consume Tenuate?
5.......What happens if I miss a dose?
6.......What happens if I overdose?
7.......What should I avoid while being treated with Tenuate?
8.......What are the most frequent side effects of Tenuate?
9.......What other medications will affect Tenuate?
10.....Where can I receive more information?

What is the most essential information I should remember about Tenuate?

Be careful while driving a car, operating machinery, or performing other perilous activities. Tenuate may cause blurred vision, dizziness, or nervousness and it may conceal the symptoms of extreme weariness. If you suffer these side effects, avoid dangerous activities.

Tenuate can be addictive. You can become psychologically and physically addictive to this pills, and withdrawal effects may arise if you cease taking it abruptly after several weeks of continuous therapy. Consult your physician about withdrawing from these pills gradually.

Do not chew, crush, or open any "once-daily" Tenuate capsules or pilules. Swallow drugs whole.

What is Tenuate?

Tenuate consists of sympathomimetic amine, which is equivalent to an amphetamine. It is also known as an "anorexigenic" or an "anorectic" drug. This medication influences the central nervous system (brain and nerves), heightening your blood pressure and heart rate, and suppressing your appetite.

Tenuate is utilized as a short-term supplement to exercise and diet in the treatment of adiposity.

This medication may also be used for purposes differing from those mentioned in this medication guide.

Who are not recommended to take this drug?
Tenuate is prohibited to patients suffering heart disease or high blood pressure; having arteriosclerosis, glaucoma; treated with monoamine oxidase inhibitor (MAOI) such as tranylcypromine (Parnate), isocarboxazid (Marplan), or phenelzine (Nardil) in the last fortnight; or having drug or alcohol abuse in anamnesys.

Before consuming this medication, inform your doctor if you have any seizure disorder like diabetes, epilepsy, problems with your thyroid, anxiety disorder, or another.

You may require special monitoring during treatment or a lower dose of medication, or you may not be able to take this medication at all, if you suffer any of the diseases mentioned above.

Tenuate belongs to the FDA pregnancy shedule B. This means that it is not likely to harm an unborn child. Do not take this medication without first consulting your physician if you are expecting a baby.

This drug comes into nursing milk and may affect a baby. Do not take this medication without first consulting your doctor if you are breast-feeding a child.

How should I consume Tenuate?

Take this drug precisely as stated by your doctor. If you do not understand these prescriptions, ask your doctor, nurse, or pharmacist, to clarify them to you.

Swallow each pill with a full glass of liquid.

Take this drug 1 hour before meals on an empty stomach. An evening dose may be consumed to beat nighttime hunger.

Tenuate is usually consumed three times a day in its regular-release formulation. Follow your doctor's directions.

The sustained-release formulation is usually consumed in the midmorning once a day.
 
Do not cut, open or chew any long-acting or sustained-release ("once-daily") Tenuate capsules or tablets. Take them whole. The sustained-release formulation is usually consumed in the midmorning once a day.
 
Never take in more of these pills than is directed for you. Overdosing Tenuate could be very hazardous to your health.

Store this drug at room temperature away from heat and moisture.

What happens if I miss a dose?

Swallow the missed pill as soon as you remember. However, if it is time to take your next dose or if it is already evening, skip the dose you have forgotten to take and swallow only your next normally planned dose. A dose taken too late in the night will cause sleeplessness. Never consume a double dose of this drug.

What happens if I overdose?

Ask for emergency medical help.

Overdosing Tenuate results in tremor, anxiety, confusion, rapid breathing, panic, hallucinations, nausea, aggressiveness, diarrhea, vomiting, an irregular heartbeat, and seizures.

What should I avoid while taking Tenuate?

Be careful while driving a car, operating machinery, or performing other perilous activities. This drug may cause blurred vision, dizziness, or nervousness and it may conceal the symptoms of extreme weariness. If you suffer these side effects, avoid dangerous activities. 

What are the possible side effects of Tenuate?

If you suffer any of the following conditions, stop Tenuate treatment and demand for emergency medical attention. These perilous conditions include an allergic reaction (hives, closing of your throat, swelling of your lips, face or tongue; difficult breathing); a disordered heartbeat or extremely high blood pressure (blurred vision, insufferable headache); or abnormal behavior, hallucinations, or confusion.

Other, less severe side effects may be more likely to occur. Continue Tenuate treatment and talk to your physician if you experience nervousness or trembling, restlessness or angst, dizziness or headache, sleeplessness, unpleasant taste in your mouth or dry mouth, constipation or diarrhea, changes in your sex drive or impotence.

Tenuate can be addictive. You can become psychologically and physically addictive to this pills, and withdrawal effects may arise if you cease taking it abruptly after several weeks of continuous therapy. Consult your physician about withdrawing from these pills gradually.

Some other side effects may also occur. Consult your doctor about any condition that seems abnormal or that bothers you.

What other drugs will influence Tenuate?

You cannot be treated with Tenuate if you have taken a monoamine oxidase inhibitor (MAOI) such as phenelzine (Nardil), tranylcypromine (Parnate), or isocarboxazid (Marplan), in the last fortnight.

Changes in diabetes drug therapies like insulin therapy and others may be necessary in the course of treatment with this drug.

This medication may decrease the effects of guanethidine (Ismelin). This could result in very high pressure. Tell your physician if you are treated with guanethidine.

Before starting a therapy with this medication, consult your doctor if you are taking a tricyclic antidepressant such as amoxapine (Asendin), doxepin (Sinequan), amitriptyline (Elavil), imipramine (Tofranil), nortriptyline (Pamelor), protriptyline (Vivactil), clomipramine (Anafranil), or desipramine (Norpramin). These medications may reduce the effects of Tenuate.

Some other drugs which are not listed here may also affect Tenuate. Consult your pharmacist and doctor before taking any prescription or over-the-counter drugs.

Where can I get more information?

You may turn to information about Tenuate written for medical professionals that your pharmacist is likely to have.