Vesicare for urinary incontinence

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Well, I don't know the answer to any of the questions, but I just had a urodynamics test this week and you have my utmost sympathy, Opie. That is the most unpleasant test I have had so far. I have been trying to read up on this a little bit and it sounds like you can retain urine both with underactive and overactive bladder.

Hi to everyone! I have had a problem with Urinary Incontinence for 4 years. I have tried taking Detrol and Vesicare but neither seem to work well. The biggest problem I have is that when I get out of bed every morning I can't hold my urine really at all. Does anyone else have this problem? I am only 32 years old and I did see an Urologist. The doctor did a test where he looked in my bladder and he said my bladder is one of the healthiest he has ever seen.

Hi, Patients develop urinary incontinence of varying grades after prostate surgery. This condition is expected to resolve over a course of 5 months to a year. Doctors usually advice a combination of bladder training, kegel's exercises, medical treatment, and use of pads depending on the intensity of the problem. For patients with moderate to severe stress incontinence, surgical intervention is warranted.

Hi, so were you using it for painful spasms or urinary urgency and incontinence. I hope you don't mind me asking. It is very very expensive here, because it's not approved on our drug lists it cost me $65 for a packet but I would pay $1000 for something to help me at the moment (if I had the money)... I just want to fix the burning feeling I have and the spasms.. oh and the incontinence would be a bonus too but that is not my major issue, well not this week anyway.

And i am frustrated to go to the bathroom for almost nothing... i have no leaks or incontinance my muscles are strong. My GP suggested my next step is to go to a Urologist. After reading many posts- should i go to a Urologist first or should i go back to my Gyno (which i just saw last month) and i also had a pap, and vaginal sonogram all clean. Also... any thoughts on what this could be?? i have no pain.. just the feeling of pressure/bloating like a need to go to the bathroom....

I have one brain and one spinal cord lesion and fairly symptom free currently aside from the constant twitching throughout my body and the CONSTANT urge to pee!!! I have had no incontinence but the urge is always there when there is a flare up. I will ususally go about 2-3 weeks being fine and then comes a flare up that causes the problems:( My neuro pretty much dismissed it as a non-issue.

Quix - In reference to the incontinence....first off I went back and read the Health Pages on sexuality and incontinence. I am having some embarrassing issues and I thought maybe I could get some guidance from you. And, no, I haven't really discussed the "whole" problem with my PCP. My problem....here goes.... 1. I wet the bed twice. Also I get the urge to go pee, it comes on out if nowhere very quickly and I cannot hold it, which makes me not get to toilet in time.

However, about a month and a half ago, I started having very severe urinary frequency and urgency. I had no pain or burning during urination. However, I tested positive for a urinary tract infection and began on pyridium and bactrim. My symptoms did not improve so I began on Levaquin for 10 days. Since then I have had an ultrasound of my kidneys, ovaries, and bladder, and everything was normal. My labwork was also normal.

Maybe you need a new doctor! One thing I found by accident was that the medication they give you for urinary pain (it turns your pee orange) seemed to calm the RLS quite a bit. My doctor denied that there was any way it could. So - what did HE know? It still works, but only in a minor way. You have too many symptoms for it to be "nothing." God bless and help you!

I was put on Vesicare 5 mg daily and also was taking fluoxetine for depression and anxiety over this condition. After taking the meds for awhile my symptoms went away and I was symptom free for 3 years. Because of the expense of the vesicare and because I was doing so well. I decided to stop taking both medications. My bladder was fine and normal and then about a year later the symtoms came back. So I am now back on the vesicare and the fluoxetine.

Every time I get up, when I cough, laugh, sneeze, or anything I am leaking. My doctor put me on Vesicare, but that's not working. So what else can I do? I am too young for this, I am only 30 years old.

no incontinence. During the day I'm very normal; I urinate larger concentrated amounts that are directly related to what I've recently had to drink. I only have caffeine in the morning, rarely alchohol, no stress. I'm at a loss, any ideas? I've had a complete recent physical-no issues & been to the urologist-no issues. He gave me Vesicare to try out for overactive bladder but it only seems to help slightly. Help; I need sleep!

My ob/gyn thought it was UTI but urine lab tests showed no infection. She told me to see a urologist. He put me on Vesicare. but i do not have "urgent" intermittant feelings of voiding. I have ALL THE TIME 24/7 pressure and pain to urinate. I DO NOT have leakage. Please help. thank you and God bless you.

If diabetes is ruled out then other possibilities which need to be ruled out are interstitial cystitis, overactive bladder syndrome, stroke and other neurological diseases, urinary incontinence, bladder cancer(rare) and bladder dysfunction . Please consult a urologist in that case. I hope it helps. Take care and regards.

Leaking with ccoughing/laughing/sneezing (stress incontinence), and leakage following a strong urge to urinate, where you cannot get to the toilet in time before leaking (urge incontinence). The Burch is designed to treat stress incontinence, not urge incontinence. Sometimes women who receive a Burch for stress incontinence develop new onset urge incontinence adter the procedure.

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==================================== Quix, you said, "I was supine during the urodynamic study. All I felt was the progressive filling of my bladder, no spasms felt or recorded. I don't have the problem when I am reclining. It's only when I'm more vertical, so the study did not replicate the conditions of the problem.

When I had my urodynamics test about a year and a half ago, I was peeing an avg of 16 times in 24 hrs and I was getting up between 1-2 times at night. He put me on Vesicare. Now I'm going to PT for pelvic floor spasticity for my bowels. She asked me to do a log of how many times I'm peeing in 24 hrs. Now, even with the Vesicare, I'm going between 14-15 times in 24 hrs and getting up now between 3-4 times at night.

It sounds like the problem is that you have strong urinary urges, and the urine comes out before you can get to the toilet. If this is the case, that can be a bladder infection, or it can be a condition called overactive bladder. Only very rarely can this be early bladder cancer (Unlikely unless you are/were a smoker). You first need to have a urine culture performed to rule out infection.

Everything connected to my pelvic region aches and I'm pretty nauseated. The Vesicare is having a modicum of effect as I have successfully made it to the BR several times since Saturday, when I started it. I saw my MS Neuro yesterday. He didn't like what he heard or found. He thinks I have a spastic bladder (Ya think?!) and it is waaayyy out of control. He is urging the urologist to max me out on the meds.

Hi everyone, This is the first time I've posted a question. Dec 2009 I presented with severe left leg spasms & cramps, weakness, numb / tingling feet, & urinary incontinence. I couldn't get into the neurology office until 3 months later. And a subsequent MRI showed that I had a lesion in my thoracic spine. So, they initially thought I might have partial transverse myelitis. Then 3 months later I presented with optic neuritis.

Hi Guys, I am sure that many people with MS and other neurological diseases suffer from constipation, this can happen either due to the medicines that we are taking for our MS or due to the nerve pathway damage, in my case it has been caused by both, for a while I was on a drug called Vesicare which I am sure many of you take for bladder urgency. This drug is known to cause constipation as it drys out our mucus, so usually we end up with a dry mouth and dry other bits.

About 18 months ago I began to notice urinary hesitancy, stopping and starting, etc. Long story short, I went to a urogynecologist, who did urodynamic testing and diagnosed big time bladder problems. I started self-cathing, but really only needed it once a day. This went on for 4 or 5 months, and then gradually I didn't need it. Things got back to normal, and I figured good, that lesion has pretty much healed (wherever it was). I was delighted.

If these two things have been evaluated for, you can consider the other myriad of causes for urinary incontinence. These causes can be evaluated via urodynamic studies to see if it is mechanical or anatomic in nature. These tests can be discussed with your urology referral. Followup with your personal physician is essential. This answer is not intended as and does not substitute for medical advice - the information presented is for patient education only.

I do not have children. I'm currently on Vesicare (light dosage) for urinary frequency/incontinence. Family history: my grandfather died of Heart failure at 85, my other grandfather of AIDS. My grandmother (84) has a slight heart Arrhythmia (atrial?), but is otherwise very healthy. My other grandmother suffers from rheumatoid arhtritis. I have a history of sudden and transitory tachycardias (usually because of Anxiety/panick attacks), as well as fainting and drop in blood pressure.

I also have had an extreme pressure in my bladder with a normal urine analysis. My doctor stated that there are several urinary tract irritants that may have caused it. Caffeine, calcium, citruses, and alcohol. Good luck ladies, I feel your pain.

Other symptoms of MS can be treated like their non-MS counterparts, like treating urinary incontinence with Vesicare. I don't know enough about Bipoar disorder to say the same. My point was that it looks the same from the outside. The good neurologist/psychiatrist will do a work up when he sees the patient with new onset psychiatric disease. You check the MRI, thyrid, B12, ANA - all those things that are known for showing up with this problem.

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