Ditropan is prescribed to patients with overactive bladders, urinary incontinence and frequent urination. However, Ditropan can cause serious side effects like kidney and liver failure, gastrointestinal disorders, arrhythmia, and impotence.
Studies are inconclusive as to whether Ditropan is harmful to infants when excreted in breast milk. Studies are also inconclusive as to whether Ditropan will harm a fetus. Make sure to talk to your doctor if you are pregnant or nursing before you take Ditropan.
Ditropan relaxes the bladder muscle, decreasing the urge to urinate and helping control incontinence by decreasing pressure on the bladder.
Urinary incontinence is loss of bladder control. This often occurs with age, pregnancy or stress. Bladder muscles either become too weak or overactive. Ditropan helps when muscles are overactive. Frequent urination occurs when overactive bladder muscles apply constant pressure to the bladder, making the urge to urinate frequent and intense.
Ditropan should not be taken with alcohol. Other side effects include:
- flatulence
- insomnia
- nervousness
- confusion
- coughing
- sinusitis
- dry skin
- rash
- impaired urination
- cystitis (which is an inflammation or infection of the bladder)
If you experience injury because of Ditropan, contact a personal injury attorney immediately.