| Key to ratings for ditropan xl: 5-Very Satisfied: this medicine cured me or helped me a great deal. 4-Satisfied: this medicine helped. 3-Somewhat Satisfied: this medicine helped somewhat. 2-Not Satisfied: this medicine did not work to my satisfaction. 1-Dissatisfied: I would not recommend taking this medicine. |
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| 5 | Anxiety,OCD, Social anxiety,depress | I haven't experience any side effect to date. | Have tried about 20 psychriatric medications and suffered for 10 years. For the first time in my life I'm benzodiazepine free ssri free and my body gradually getting the balance it needs. no highs no downs just what my body needs. | M | 24 | 2 months | 1/27/2010 | 3 | facial hyperhydrosis | some slight difficulty in focusing due to bright light | I used oxybutynin 2.5 mg ounce daily for 1 week and trust me i got on top of the world coz i finally felt like i was in some other confortable body though there was some mild expected sweating. i stopped using it but a week later the sweating has slightly increased so am planning to use it again,if any one knows what it means to have facial hyperhydrosis i just hope it does magic for others. | M | 24 | 1 weeks | 11/17/2009 | 2 | Frequent urination , bad at night | Insomnia , No relief at all. Thirsty. | For me it was Not helpfull. DisContinued. | F | 52 | 6 months | 9/15/2009 | 4 | Overactive bladder | Queezy stomach, dry eyes, ?dizzy episodes | I tried this medication because I was getting up 4 to 5 times in the night to void. Although my doctor prescribed it 5 mg. twice daily, I eliminated the morning dose and found the side effects much more managable. My getting up during the night has been reduced to 1 to 2 times. It definitely has made a difference! | F | 53 | 8 months | 3/10/2009 | 5 | urgency, incontinence | Dry mouth, dry nasal passages. (However, I suspect that some of this dryness was caused or aggravated by a nasal valve collapse diagnosed recently, which causes me to breathe through my mouth at night.) I also experienced an inability to completely empty my bladder after about a week of continuous use of Ditropan XL, but this problem was resolved by discontinuing Ditropan for a day or two before resuming again. | When I complained about these side effects, my doctor recommended a month's trial of Detrol LA (4 mg). I have compared the two for the past 2 weeks. In my experience, side effects remained the same, but Ditropan XL was much more effective at controlling bladder urgency, frequency of urination, and "accidents," both of which have resumed with Detrol. I plan to go back to taking Ditropan XL. | F | 63 | 2 years | 12/28/2008 | 3 | Sweaty Hands and Feet | Dry mouth; blurry vision; severe drowsiness | Worked at first in an amazing way. I didn't sweat at all and was completely satisfied. Have taken it now for about 2 years and symptoms have just started and they're awful. I'm considering going through sweating to be relieved of the dry mouth, drowsiness, and blurry vision | F | 15 | 2 years | 10/21/2008 | 5 | urgency due to ureter stent | dry mouth; drowsiness | This drug is the only way I can tolerate a stent for any amount of time. Without it, I can stand the stent for a matter of hours, but with it, I have gone weeks. (I have recurring kidney stones. I keep getting ureter blockages either due to stone passage or scar tissue build up.) I have been on it multiple times, including when I had a stent when I was pregnant. I recommended to my mom who was experiencing urgency as well. | F | 28 | 3 months | 10/8/2008 | 4 | overactive bladder/urgency | very dry mouth When I wake up in the middle of the night, it feels like I don't have any saliva at all. My tongue is sticking to the top of my mouth. | It has been working good. I would say I am 90% better. I am trying to deal with the dry mouth. | F | 39 | 3 months | 9/23/2008 | 1 | Bathroom Anxiety/OCD | None. | I was prescribed this medication because my anxiety/OCD had me feeling like I had to urinate all of the time. After a month of use I concluded that Ditropan significantly intensified the feeling of having to urinate. | M | 23 | 1 months | 8/30/2008 | 2 | Kidney stone surgery w/ stent inser | Extreme dry mouth with sore throat and loss of taste and sensitivity to salt in all foods. lack of control over bladder = feeling of need to urinate often and when urinating inability to stop or ever feel empty. | pain in the bladder area when not takin the drun on time. Waiting increased the pain until pain reliever was required. | M | 56 | 14 days | 8/27/2008 | 4 | Overactive bladder | Dry mouth, drowsiness. | I was taking 5 mg at bedtime, for I think 1 or 2 weeks. I had been getting up for bathroom trips 3 or 4 times a night. Since I have insomnia, the medication helped with falling asleep. However, getting up for the bathroom cancelled out any benefit from that. Things did settle down, as my doctor thought I was going "out of habit", like when you get hungry at the same times every day if you eat at those times. She said it could have been a habit from when I used to drink liquids after 6pm, so I used to have to get up. Even when I stopped drinking liquids after 6pm now, (even if I get thirsty) I still had to get up, but it finally settled down to only one time now. That's due to other things, like my age and "perimenopausal stage". It seems like I have to get up no matter how much I drink. Still, I'd rather not take this again since dry mouth is such an uncomfortable side effect. It's hard to talk, eat, and it can cause dental problems. Who needs that also?? | F | 46 | 2 weeks | 5/25/2008 | 3 | Bladder function | Anxiety, tiredness, inability to sleep, nervousness, upset, inability to concentrate, heightened OCD, sadness. | My 11 year old is taking this to relax her bladderwall due to bladder augmentation surgery. She's been on it 6 months thus far. This medicine has really changed her personality for the worse. She is much more anxious in general, to the point where she's in therapy and has been diagnosed with General Anxiety Disorder. She is surly, inattentive, easily distracted, has trouble concentrating, and is somewhat angry/depressed much of the time. Recently, she had the flu one morning and we didn't give her the pill, and that day she was a totally different person! nice, sweet, happy for a change, well rested, etc. AMAZING! We had suspected this before, since this personality change coincided with her start of Ditropan XL. I don't know how we are going to tell her surgeon that we don't want to take it anymore. It's just not worth it the change in personality! And we don't even know if it is helping or not until we do more bladder tests next month. If there was choice of another surgery or ta | F | 11 | 6 months | 3/13/2008 | 3 | urgency, incontinence | None that I was aware of. | F | 57 | 365 days | 11/10/2007 | 1 | overactive bladder | Dry mouth, depression, low sex drive, feel very nauseous in the afternoon, feel "hungover" in the mornings...still getting up to go to the bathroom 5 times a night so it isn't helping. | F | 48 | 7 days | 5/5/2007 | 5 | Urgency | none | My bladder would squeeze hard no matter if it was full or nearly empty making it impossible to not pee my pants. It was a nightmare! Ditropan has made me a normal person again - best drug ever. | F | 44 | 3 years | 4/27/2007 | 5 | Excessive Sweat--Whole Body | A little dry mouth but nothing serious. It went away after two weeks of treatment. | I love it! I had very bad body sweat from hair line to feet and it was very humiliating for me as a female. I had a bad odor and my facial sweat looked as if I had a fever. But now I have very, very little sweat if none at all. I am no longer afraid to go outdoors and I dont get the urge of overheating when standing in one spot for a long period of time. I am more confident and the most active I have ever been in my life. | F | 23 | 21 days | 3/12/2007 | 5 | Overactive bladder (15 mg. dose) | Dry mouth, some stomach pain are persistent effects. Tiredness at first but no any more. | This drug changed my life. I was becoming increasingly homebound due to having to go so often. My bladder has nerve damage due to prior necessary surgeries. I was going about 25X or more a day and now down to 10-13. It is much easier to make it to the bathroom in time. I have my life back and any side effects are worth it. I have insurance but I would take a second job to pay for this if I did not. It is worth it. There is a generic version but it did not work as well for me. | F | 35 | 10 days | 2/26/2007 | 3 | Incontinence | Extreme dry mouth. This was so bad it awakened me during sleep. Was taking 15 mg a day at the time. Decreased to 5 mg a day. Sore spot in roof of mouth. Dentist said it was a blocked salivary opening; asked me if I was taking incontinence drug. Now I'm experencing add'l pain in throat, & ear canal. Could this be another restricted salivary route? | This drug helped tremendously with the incontinence. I still wear protection, but I no longer worry about leagage. I've taken myself off the drug temporarily to see if the throat pain subsides. | F | 65 | 2 years | 11/18/2006 | 5 | Urgency | This drug has changed my life. Expensive but they work great. I have been on them for a couple months and almost the first day I have NOT made a mistake or had an embarressing day at the office. I can actually go to the bathroom in time before I pee my pants. Yeah!! | Thankful to have a medical plan to cover the cost of this drug. Very expensive. | F | 36 | 2.5 months | 11/17/2006 | 4 | OverActiveBladder | Dry throat/mouth, blurred vision and eye strain/pain (whether or not vision will return to normal after I stop taking Ditropan is unknown). | F | 25 | 3 months | 8/1/2006 | 3 | Urinary incontinence | None when i began taking it. I then stopped for a year and then began taking it again. It now causes me unbearable drowsiness, dizziness and i feel as if i am going to throw up or pass out. This is all very strange considering it had no side effects (except dry mouth) originally. It seems effective for its actual purpose, but i can't take it if i'm to function even half properly. | F | 20 | 2 years | 6/9/2006 | 5 | I wish I'd found out about it sooner! | F | 19 | 9 months | 4/27/2006 | 4 | bladder spasms | None | This medication has worked very well for me with no side effects and hopefully won't have to up the milligrams. | F | 48 | 2 years | 2/24/2006 | 5 | Hyperhydrosis (excessive sweating) | my face didnt sweat! Excellent! No other effects. | Excellent! If you have excessive sweating, please try it, because it changed my life!!!! | F | 27 | 6 years | 12/26/2005 | 5 | bladder issues | none | I avoid too much sun and heat as recommended; no problems | F | 54 | 4 years | 9/24/2005 | 4 | Interstitial Cystitis | Chest pain and bronchodilation. It feels like when you eat a Altoid and breathe in real deep ~ then I cough. In the prescriding info it mentions cough but I had to learn about the other through internet searches. Ditropan XL is an anticholinergic. These medicines cause bronchodiation. | It has eliminated that terrible feeling of urgency! I has cut my need to urinate by almost 50% in 4 days. | F | 40 | 4 days | 8/13/2005 | 2 | bladder control | I was sick to my stomach every afternoon. I felt like I was going to vomit. | Otherwise, it seems to work | F | 47 | 8 days | 6/13/2005 | 5 | Urgency, leakage | Dry mouth | Ditropan XL is fine during waking hours. However, when I awaken during the night, I get a terrible sense of urgency and I can't move for approximately 5 minutes in order to avoid an accident. It feels like my bladder has a spasm as soon as I awaken. | F | 54 | 2 years | 4/5/2005 | 1 | 3/13/2003 | 5 | Urinary urgency | Almost none. Some drowsiness when dose doubled but this went away when I took it at night. | I limited fluid intake and used restroom facilities whenever possible before starting this drug as well as using incontinence pads. Since I have been on it, I have had increased retention and all urgency has been eliminated. | F | 54 | 2 years | 7/3/2002 | 2 | urge incomtinence | Only dry mouth, but I am also taking another med which increased the side effect. I take 10.5 mg. every morning. | At first, I thought it was helping me--but lately I have had increasing bouts of leakage often--For instance--I had to urinate 8 times between hours of 5:00 p. m. and 8:00 p. m. last night-because of leakage, but I do think it is helping during sleeping hours. Now getting up only twice a night--before it was at least 4 times. | F | 78 | 2 months | 5/23/2002 | 4 | overactive bladder | dry mouth and eyes and decreased sexual desire | I was on Ditropan XL for 1 1/2 years. I loved it. This allowed me to have my life back again, not having to look for a bathroom every 15 minutes and getting up at least once per night. Travelling was now a pleasant experience. My doctor asked me to take myself off of it for one month before seeing him again, which I am doing right now. It is a struggle, once again, to deal with the constant feeling of urgency but I am hoping this feeling will subside at least a little before I see the doc again. Caffeine seems to make the urgency worse. One other problem that I have noticed is the decrease in sexual desire, similar to that of anti-depressants. I have not seen this in any other forums. That is one reason I would be hesitant to start back on the med. My bladder problem is due, in part, to uterine fibroid tumors which have decreased the size of my bladder by two-thirds. I hope this info helps someone out there make a more informed decision whether or not to go on the drug. All in all, it has been a positive experience. Thank you. | F | 45 | 18 months | 10/20/2001 | 1 | irritable bladder | Had to discontinue after a short period because I experienced muscle soreness in my legs | F | 46 | 4 days | 8/28/2001 | 4 | doctore recomand | impotence | M | 65 | 2 months | 8/20/2001 | 3 | leakage problems | I have not had any side effects other than dry mouth. | My doctor has me take Ditopan xl twice a day and that has helped me more. | F | 64 | 3 years | 8/6/2001 | 5 | loss of bladder control | F | 46 | 7/21/2001 | 5 | Incontinence | Dry mouth | M | 54 | 1 years | 4/23/2001 | 5 | Urinary problems | Dry mouth | None | F | 35 | 1/11/2001 |
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ratings: 5-Very Satisfied: this medicine cured me or helped me a great deal. 4-Satisfied: this medicine helped. 3-Somewhat Satisfied: this medicine helped somewhat. 2-Not Satisfied: this medicine did not work to my satisfaction. 1-Dissatisfied: I would not recommend taking this medicine. |