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How can this medicine affect other medicines?

It is important to tell your doctor or pharmacist what medicines you are
already taking, including those bought without a prescription and herbal
medicines, before you start treatment with this medicine. Similarly, check
with your doctor or pharmacist before taking any new medicines while
taking this one, to ensure that the combination is safe.

There may be an increased risk of anticholinergic side effects, such as dry

mouth, blurred vision, constipation and difficulty passing urine, if this
medicine is taken with other medicines that have anticholinergic effects,
such as the following:

other antispasmodics, eg atropine, propantheline, dicycloverine

antihistamines, eg promethazine, brompheniramine,
chlorphenamine, diphenhydramine, triprolidine (some of these are
often found in over-the-counter cough and cold remedies)
antisickness medicines, eg meclozine, cyclizine, hyoscine
hydrobromide
antimuscarinic medicines for Parkinson's symptoms, eg
procyclidine, orphenadrine, trihexiphenidyl
antimuscarinic medicines for urinary incontinence, eg oxybutynin,
trospium, tolterodine
antiarrhythmics, eg disopyramide, propafenone, quinidine
tricyclic antidepressants, eg amitriptyline, clomipramine
antipsychotics, eg chlorpromazine, clozapine, thioridazine
muscle relaxants, eg baclofen
amantadine.

If this medicine is taken with domperidone or metoclopramide the actions

of the medicines may cancel each other out. This is because
metoclopramide and domperidone increase the motility of the gut,
whereas hyoscine reduces it.

If you experience a dry mouth as a side effect of this medicine you may
find that medicines that are designed to dissolve and be absorbed from
under the tongue, eg sublingual glyceryl trinitrate (GTN) tablets, become
less effective. This is usually because the tablets do not dissolve properly
in a dry mouth. To resolve this, have a drink of water before taking
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