Medication to stop/control bladder activity.

Archeron

Hi all,

Just a very quick question if somebody could help me.
I have been told that there is a type of treatment/medicine available that can stop the activity of the bladder for a number of hours. Due to a family members bad health, if such a treatment does exist I would be grateful to hear the name of it so that I could discuss it and its potential use with my family doctor. I tried google, but to be honest, I found nothing.

Any advice would be most welcome.

DrIndy

depends on the activity you want to stop. If the prostate is enlarged, then there are medicines that can shrink the prostate down a little to allow more normal urine flow. these include tamsulosin and doxasosin/alfuzosin

If its a lady and they have an overactive bladder, there are medications that can also be used to reduce this once you have outruled a detrusor instability which is psychologically linked bladder hyperactivity. These include oxybutinin and tolterodine

Discussing it with your doctor is a good idea as there are different treatments including specialist referral for different problems.

Paddy20

DrIndy wrote:

depends on the activity you want to stop.

Discussing it with your doctor is a good idea as there are different treatments including specialist referral for different problems.

I totally agree, Consult your G.P. first, I honestly believe "Google" is not where you will find the answer to such a problem :eek: .

P. :cool:

Archeron

Thanks DrIndy and Paddy20. Its for an older woman, so I will discuss it with her and her doctor. I wanted to get some idea as to what i was going to talk about instead of showing my lack of knowledge on the subject, so much appreciate the replies.