Skip to main content

Gemtesa: Uses, How It Works, and Common Side Effects

Gemtesa tablets are used to treat the symptoms of overactive bladder in adults, to help to improve urinary frequency and urgency. It also helps with urinary incontinence which is when you have a strong need to urinate with leaking or wetting accidents.

Video transcript

Gemtesa tablets are used to treat the symptoms of overactive bladder in adults, to help to improve urinary frequency and urgency. It also helps with urinary incontinence which is when you have a strong need to urinate with leaking or wetting accidents.

Gemtesa is a tablet that is usually taken once a day.

Common side effects may include painful urination, nausea, diarrhea, headache, or cold symptoms such as stuffy nose, sneezing, or sore throat.

This medicine belongs to a group of medicines called selective beta-3 adrenergic agonists that affects the muscles in the bladder.

This material is provided for educational purposes only and is not intended for medical advice, diagnosis or treatment. Always consult with your healthcare provider.

Recommended videos

3:54

Ambien (zolpidem): Important Warnings and Precautions for Use

An overview of Ambien warnings related to allergic reactions, unusual and dangerous behaviors, and other side effects

1:15

Qulipta: Uses, How it Works & Common Side Effects

Qulipta is a prescription medicine used to help prevent migraine headaches in adults, it is not used to treat an active migraine.

2:51

Emgality: Injection Demonstration

Emgality injection is used to prevent migraines and treat episodic cluster headaches in adults.

1:21

Ultomiris: Uses, How It Works, and Common Side Effects

Ultomiris is an intravenous infusion used to treat rare conditions caused by an overactive immune system, including paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria, atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome, generalized myasthenia gravis, and neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder.

1:44

Opdivo: Uses, How It Works, and Common Side Effects

Opdivo is a medication used to help your body fight certain cancers. It is an immunotherapy treatment that can be given alone or in combination with other therapies, including Yervoy.

Browse by category

By medication