Oxytrol (Oxybutynin)

Oxytrol has another better-known name Oxybutynin. This remedy has similar properties with Ditropan or Urotrol. This medicament looks like a small patch that you can stick on your stomach, buttocks, or thighs. Use these patches as your doctor recommended. If the patch has come off and you cannot fix it on the skin again, take a new one and stick it on the skin for the remaining time of use. One patch is used on the skin for 3 to 4 days. The most active component inside the patch is oxybutynin.

Such a patch helps to get rid of problems with frequent urination, this will be an excellent and convenient solution to reduce muscle spasms and remove diseases of the bladder. A patch is more convenient than pills, so such a medical tool is most often used by very busy people who do not have the time or ability to take pills according to the doctor’s schedule. Oxytrol will help you if you have the following symptoms: frequent (sometimes nightly) urination, urinary incontinence, and a symptom of an overactive bladder.

Such a patch may have several contraindications, so you must not use this if you have:

• Obstruction of the stomach.

• Decrease urination and you cannot urinate.

• Enlarged size of the prostate.

• Glaucoma.

• Kidney problems and liver disease.

• Ulcerative colitis.

• Esophageal hernia.

• Slow digestion.

Like any other medicine, these patches can have side effects that indicate that you do not need to continue using Oxytrol. If you feel the following symptoms, then you need to tell your doctor about this: vomiting, dehydration (a very strong feeling of thirst), heart rhythm disturbance, confused state, constipation, hallucinations, heartburn, drowsiness, itching and other manifestations of skin irritation.

This patch can cause an increase in body temperature, so it is very important to drink more water. But it is also important to remember that this drug should not be mixed with other medicines. Tell your doctor if you are taking other medications for other medical conditions. Some of their components may not be compatible with oxybutynin.