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Medical Forum / Diseases and Disorders / Prostate BPH / December 2006vesicare
hello friends I have been prescribed vesicare I would be most grateful for your comments reason blockage after 3 munce from green laser prostate had catheter for a week had it out today hugh > hello friends > I have been prescribed vesicare > I would be most grateful for your comments > reason blockage after 3 munce from green laser prostate > had catheter for a week had it out today > hugh A relatively new treatment for relief of the symptoms of over-active bladder-with fewer side-effects than earlier anti-cholinergic drugs.i.e drowsiness, dry mouth etc. I would also be interested to know if it is effective against irritative symptoms like urgency and night-time frequency (nocturia) . Thanks for any info. >> hello friends >> I have been prescribed vesicare [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] >irritative symptoms like urgency and night-time frequency (nocturia) . >Thanks for any info. My urologist gave me Detrol. I gave it back to him along with a bit of acid tongue. ( I had an infection which was cured by my dentist's antibiotic after a tooth extraction.) These drugs cure nothing. They are only claimed to lengthen the interval from 1.97 hours to 2.18 hours*. Whoopy Doo. Surely the purpose of this long-term "therapy" is $profit from what amounts to a virtual addiction. If you think it works (or if it does) how do you stop? Recommendation: switch urologists. Mason C * taken from one of their sheets I've been on Vesicare for about 6 months. I probably have similar results on it that I had on other drugs that my urologist has had me try (Detrol, Flomax, Ditropan, etc.). With Vesicare, I sleep about 2 hours before waking to go to the bathroom; without any medication, the time is about 1 hour. I don't have any side effects from it. I did notice that the first few days that I tried Vesicare after stopping Ditropan, I seemed to go about 4 hours between bathroom trips. Since that result only lasted for a few days, I assume that it was due to both drugs being in my system. Recently, I asked my urologist about it, and he said that you could be on both drugs at the same time, but you wouldn't want to do it for a long time. Vesicare is widely promoted; the manufacturer sends me a $25 coupon for it almost every month. It isn't widely used in my area. My local Walgreens pharmacy can't even fill a 30 day prescription, without me coming back in a few days for the remainder of the prescription. They tell me that I am the only one of their customers who is on Vesicare and that their local warehouse doesn't stock it. I am scheduled to have a PVP on Jan. 5. Hugh, I hope that I have better results than you had. Larry >>>hello friends >>>I have been prescribed vesicare [quoted text clipped - 26 lines] > > * taken from one of their sheets After my PVP and less than spectacular results as far as the night visits to the bathroom, my URO put me on a trial of Detrol LA for "overactive bladder." I tried it for a month without any significant change. He wanted me to try Vesicare and another one called Enablex. After doing some research, I found all these meds to be anticholinergic types of meds which are unacceptable to the FAA for people with pilot privileges. So I am back to no meds with a bathroom frequency at night every 3-5 hrs. That is acceptable to me. > hello friends > I have been prescribed vesicare > I would be most grateful for your comments > reason blockage after 3 munce from green laser prostate > had catheter for a week had it out today > hugh >After my PVP and less than spectacular results as far as the night >visits to the bathroom, my URO put me on a trial of Detrol LA for [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] >privileges. So I am back to no meds with a bathroom frequency at >night every 3-5 hrs. That is acceptable to me. I'm not sure that it makes any difference to the FAA but the drugs you mention above are anti-muscarinics not anti-cholinergics. There are anti-cholinergics such as imipramine which have a similar effect but a different mechanism of action and a different side effect profile. Persons contemplating using anti-muscarinics should read up on the latest studies comparing them. All except Enablex are associated with some cognitive dysfunction, i.e., they turn you stupid. Urologists should of course know this but they probably just get their information from the medical visitor who's not likely to mention the detrimental qualities, except the Enablex rep. Personally Enablex works almost too well. It practically eliminates the urge to pee altogether. If it doesn't do anything for you, you could try increasing the dose. According to my "The Essential Guide to Prescription Drugs 2006" Page 1075, Detrol LA "Acts as an anticholinergic agent (competitive muscarinic receptor antagonist) with some selective action on the bladder. This effect increases volume of residual urine and decreases maximum detrusor pressure. This makes it more difficult to urinate, easing overactive bladder symptoms and helping urge incontinence." Technically you are right, but notice that it does have "anticholinergic" effects some of whom include blurred vision and dizziness, etc. The use of this drug "may be a disqualification for piloting." >>After my PVP and less than spectacular results as far as the night >>visits to the bathroom, my URO put me on a trial of Detrol LA for [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] > the urge to pee altogether. If it doesn't do anything for you, you > could try increasing the dose. |
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