Though she had sometimes mentioned the problem to her doctor, she rarely pressed the issue and the symptoms were never treated. She sought some information, and received a written test to determine if she was a candidate. It turned out I was a lovely candidate. Many cases go unrecognized and untreated, often because patients are reluctant to talk about it. They don't talk about it to their doctor, even though it's a very common problem, far more common than asthma.
Some patients lock themselves in their house because they are too embarrassed to go out.
Results of the trial indicate that the Ditropan XL was as just good as Detrol in terms of side effects but significantly better in resolving symptoms, according to a report that appears in the April edition of Mayo Clinic Proceedings. Ditropan was shown to be more effective than the Detrol and had an equal ability to reduce the side effects usually associated with medication. The study was funded by Alza Corporation, of Mountain View, Calif., which manufactures Ditropan. Appell is head of the corporation's scientific advisory board. He is also the F. Brantley Scott Professor of Urology at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston.