I’ve recently been put in a course of Oxybutynin for urinary urgency/frequency.
Two things - it doesn’t seem to be helping and I still need to go all the time/have accidents, and I have a horrifically dry/sore throat, dry mouth and dry nasal passages.
Has anybody else had trouble like this with this medication?
It woke me up in the night (as well as being woken up by needing to go for a wee!) because my throat was so sore.
Honestly, I’d rather keep on wearing the pads and not be taking the medication, even if it did work…
yes, I’ll go back to the GP and ask for something else. I’m not normally a wuss about a certain level of side effects, but since it doesn’t seem to be helping with the problem, it’s a pain (literally!).
I think I have tried them all. The latest one, Toviaz 8MG, 1 tablet a day, seems to be the most appropriate. Still have issues, but is caused by my desire for coffee (wonderful Senseo!) and the odd glas of Sauvignon Blanc in the evening… long live the underwear with built in pads…
BTW, was on a list for surgical treatment at some point which I felt would be too ‘invasive’ just yet…
Good luck, the subjects those MS’ers talk about eh…
It might be worth asking to be referred to the continence clinic, if there is one locally for you. They will have more knowledge/expertise than your GP.
Betmiga - - is the one that Poll is thinking of. lts a fairly new med that does not have the awful side effects of oxybutinin -[ which has been around a long time - l was prescribed it by a urologist - about 28yrs ago. l found the side-effects worse then wetting myself!! So l told the urologist that he should try taking it himself before he ever prescribed it to a patient. Have had a SPC for 19yrs - and most of the time - it works perfectly. Never want to go back to pads etc.
