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URINARY ANTISEPTICS
COMBINATION MEDICATIONS
Antispasmodics, Pain Relievers, and Antiseptics
Newer treatments on the market are designed to combine antispasmodic ingredients with pain relieving components and urinary antiseptics. ... If you have a urinary tract infection, your doctor may have prescribed Urimax to take along with an appropriate antibiotic. ...
Ingredients: phenazopyridine hydrochloride (urinary analgesic), hyoscyamine (antispasmodic), and butabarbital (sedative). ...
Pyridium® [Warner Chilcott]
Pyridium (available by prescription, and in an over-the counter lower dose formula) is a non-narcotic urinary tract analgesic used for short-term relief of bladder pain. Pyridium helps relieve the pain, burning, urgency, frequency, and irritation caused by infection, trauma, catheters, or various surgical procedures in the lower urinary tract. ...
Urised® [Polymedica]
Urised (available by prescription only) combines urinary antiseptics with antispasmodics to help to relieve the discomfort of urinary inflammation and pain. Urised relieves lower urinary tract discomfort caused by inflammation or diagnostic procedures. It is often used in conjunction with antibiotics to treat urinary tract infections. ...
BLADDER ANTISPASMODICS / ANTICHOLINERGICS
If bladder spasms, causing urinary urgency and frequency, are your main IC symptoms (and pain is not a significant component), you may want to try one of the following medications. ...
Examples of antispasmodic/anticholinergic medications include:
• oxybutinin: Ditropan®, Ditropan XL® (extended-release formula)
• tolterodine: Detrol®, Detrol LA® (time-released) – Pharmacia
• Levsin®, Levbid® (sublingual), Levsinex® (time-released)
• hyoscyamine: Cystospaz®, Cystospaz-M® (time-released)
• flavoxate: Urispas® – SmithKline Beecham;
• dicyclomine: Bentyl® – Hoechst Marion Roussel;
• propantheline: Pro-Banthine® – Roberts
Many of the medications discussed in this article can cause dry mouth, urinary retention and other side effects. ...
You may find that bladder antispasmodics, pain relievers, relaxants, antiseptics, and anticholinergics will be helpful in treating your IC flares or concurrent urinary tract infections. ...
URINARY ANTISEPTICS
Examples of urinary antiseptics:
• Agathosma betulina (Buchu leaves),
• Juniperus communis (Juniper berries),
• Betula pendula (Birch leaves),
• Daucus carota (Wild carrot herb),
• Serenoa serrulata (Saw palmetto),
• Peumus boldo (Boldo leaves),
• Apium graveolens (Celery seeds),
• Arctostaphylos uva-ursi (Bearberry leaves) and
• Vaccinium macrocarpon (Cranberry)
All of the above remedies possess in their constituents Volatile oil.
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