Urinary Incontinence
Are We Overtreating Prostate Cancer?
A fifteen-year study of men with prostate cancer compared so-called watchful waiting to radical prostatectomy or radiation treatment (New England Journal of Medicine, March 11, 2023). The researchers …
Can Acupuncture Help Urinary Incontinence?
Urinary incontinence is an embarrassing problem. No one wants to leak urine and wet their underwear, whether the problem is stress incontinence or urge incontinence. In stress incontinence, women may…
Amitriptyline and Imodium Lead to Brain Fog and …
Q. I am in my 50s and don't consider myself a senior citizen, but my memory has been getting worse and worse. I take amitriptyline and oxybutynin for a urinary problem, along with Metamucil and Imodiu…
Reduce Nighttime Urination (Nocturia) With a Han…
Do you have to get up a couple of times a night to pee? If so, you are not alone. Tens of millions of people find that nighttime urination (nocturia) is a challenge. For one thing, it wakes you up and…
Can Raisins at Bedtime Reduce Nighttime Bathroom…
Q. A while back I read in your column that eating raisins before bedtime could control nighttime trips to the bathroom. For the past three years I have suffered from urgency urination. My physician pr…
Flomax (Tamsulosin) Side Effects, Stuffy Nose, S…
Q. Because of an enlarged prostate gland I have to get up at night to pee. Initially it was once or twice. Now it is three or four times. Getting back to sleep is challenging. My primary care physicia…
Drug for Overactive Bladder Led to Underactive B…
Q. I took oxybutynin for urinary incontinence several years ago. The mental fuzziness was awful. A friend also taking this drug had similar symptoms but attributed them to aging. I wish there were a s…
Woman Doesn’t Want to Wet Her Wedding Bed
Q. I am 29 years old and engaged to be married. I am very excited, but as we make plans for our honeymoon, I am starting to get worried as well. And I'm too embarrassed about this problem to know wher…
Choosing a Treatment for Prostate Cancer
Men with prostate cancer have difficult choices to make about their therapy. The two most common options are surgical removal of the prostate or radiation. Until now, radiation has been perceived to h…
Wrinkle Reliever Eases Bladder Problems
Botox has been available for more than 20 years. During that time it has become a household word, associated with cosmetic injections to smooth facial wrinkles. Now the FDA has approved it for treatin…
Botox for Bladder Control
Many older women take medications such as tolterodine (Detrol) or oxybutynin (Ditropan) for bladder control. While these drugs can help, they also have uncomfortable side effects such as dry mouth, dr…