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Posted 11/27/2007 6:21 PM (GMT -7)
:-)  Tofranil has a side effect of urinary retention....hope it helps :>)

 

 

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Posted 11/27/2007 8:59 PM (GMT -7)

    Swimmom,  Do you know why or how it does it.  Do you think it would be something I should ask my Dr about?

    Willing to try anything at this point!

    KW

Posted 11/27/2007 9:44 PM (GMT -7)
KW,

I'd have to look in the PDF to remember but I know its been used in the past for treating bed wetting in children.
A history of difficulty urinating is one of its contraindications. I'll try to look it up to refresh my memory.

Swim
Posted 11/28/2007 5:57 AM (GMT -7)
According to what I read: "Mayo Clinic" Tofranil causes the bladder muscle to relax while causing the smooth muscles at the bladder neck to contract.

Another site reported that it causes increased muscle tone in the bladder neck. It is an antidepressant which has also been used to help with bed wetting in children.

Julie
Posted 11/28/2007 10:25 AM (GMT -7)
Not sure how this ended up a seperate post from my reply but BLUE-----BIRD...can you fix it? :>)
Posted 5/19/2008 5:12 AM (GMT -7)
Just thought I would update everyone on the Tofranil medication that my dad started. It's been about 5 months that he's been on it and his incontinence is still about zero.

I just talked to him a little bit ago and he was going to start weaning himself off of it and see if there was any difference. He had surgery last August and started Tofranil in Dec or Jan...I really can't recall. He had pretty significant incontinence up until that point, and the week he started the drug there was an amazing difference. So was it due to natural recovery or medication, we really won't know. But whatever it was it worked.

Julie
Posted 5/19/2008 9:21 AM (GMT -7)

Any big side effects?

I have kidney disease, so wondering if I would be a candidate?

Posted 5/19/2008 9:29 AM (GMT -7)
He hasn't noticed any side effects....I think it says the usual...dry mouth etc..and I don't really know about contraindications??

He was just happy that "something" helped the incontinence. He had an appointment scheduled at an incontinence clinic and really felt like he didn't need to go by the
time the appointment came around. He did keep the appointment though.

Julie
Posted 5/19/2008 4:00 PM (GMT -7)
Swim-

You've been on the 'puter too much. PDR, not PDF.

-Les
Posted 5/19/2008 7:30 PM (GMT -7)
LOL...funny, I never noticed the typo...Physician's Desk Ref...thanks for the edit :>)
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