Re: Medications for Incontinence

[Guest guest]

Jim & Connie,

I think the reason many people have trouble with meds to control

urinary frequency is that they tend to lower blood pressure. (It's a

stated side effect on most of them.) Rob takes detrol, and although

I know many people have had problems with it, he does fine. The

thing to watch out for is that the meds to decrease frequency may

exacerbate the hypotension, and the meds to raise blood presure may

have to be adjusted. (The same is true of many of the meds to

control parkinsonian symptoms, like sinamet and mirapex.) There are

certainly people who cannot tolerate the meds to control urinary

frequency, but I personally think the pharmacist was a bit too

extreme in his position.

Carol & Rob

> Maggie:

> We read with interest and concern your posting stating your

pharmacist said

> " all medications currently on the market for urinary frequence------

---should

> NEVER be prescribed for or taken by a person who has OH or

fluctuating/low

> blood pressure. "

> Did the druggist tell you why? My wife who was diagnosed with MSA

in 1998 is

> currently taking Ditropan XL (10 mg) for incontinence. This drug

was

> prescribed by her urologist and approved by her neurologist.

> Jim/Connie Bynum-Enfield, Ct.