Last update Dec. 10, 2022

Propantheline Bromide

Likely Compatibility

Fairly safe. Mild or unlikely adverse effects. Compatible under certain circumstances. Follow-up recommended. Read Commentary.

Propantheline is a quaternary ammonium with antimuscarinic effects similar to those of atropine. It is used to treat urinary incontinence, hyperhidrosis, and bowel and bladder spasms. Oral administration 3 times a day.

At the date of the last update we did not find any published data on its excretion in breast milk.

Intestinal absorption is very low, reaching extremely low plasmatic levels or below the detection limit (Vose 1979), so it is highly unlikely that significant amounts will pass into breast milk.

This very low oral bioavailability, even lower if taken with food, minimizes the passage into plasma of the infant from ingested breast milk, except in the premature and in the immediate neonatal period in which there may be greater intestinal permeability.

Although antimuscarinics can decrease prolactin production (Müller 1983, Masala 1982), once lactation is established, milk production depends more on the repeated stimulation of suckling than on prolactin levels.

Alternatives

  • Otilonium Bromide (Fairly safe. Mild or unlikely adverse effects. Compatible under certain circumstances. Follow-up recommended. Read Commentary.)
  • Oxybutynin (Fairly safe. Mild or unlikely adverse effects. Compatible under certain circumstances. Follow-up recommended. Read Commentary.)

Suggestions made at e-lactancia are done by APILAM team of health professionals, and are based on updated scientific publications. It is not intended to replace the relationship you have with your doctor but to compound it. The pharmaceutical industry contraindicates breastfeeding, mistakenly and without scientific reasons, in most of the drug data sheets.

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Pharmacokinetics

Variable Value Unit
Oral Bioavail. muy baja / very poor %
Molecular weight 448 daltons
pKa 17.63 -
3.2 (1.2 - 4.2) hours

References

  1. Müller EE, Locatelli V, Cella S, Peñalva A, Novelli A, Cocchi D. Prolactin-lowering and -releasing drugs. Mechanisms of action and therapeutic applications. Drugs. 1983 Apr;25(4):399-432. Review. Abstract
  2. Masala A, Alagna S, Devilla L, Rovasio PP, Rassa S, Faedda R, Satta A. Muscarinic receptor blockade by pirenzepine: effect on prolactin secretion in man. J Endocrinol Invest. 1982 Jan-Feb;5(1):53-5. Abstract
  3. Vose CW, Ford GC, Grigson SJ, Haskins NJ, Prout M, Stevens PM, Rose DA, Palmer RF, Rudel H. Pharmacokinetics of propantheline bromide in normal man. Br J Clin Pharmacol. 1979 Jan;7(1):89-93. No abstract available. Abstract Full text (link to original source)

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