Medicines to avoid if you have benign prostatic hyperplasia
Some medicines can make urination difficult.
- Avoid non-prescription antihistamines, decongestants, nasal sprays, and allergy pills.
- Avoid prescription medicines such as antidepressants, water pills (diuretics), and pain medicines (narcotics).
- Check with your doctor or pharmacist about the side effects of any tranquilizers and antidepressants you take. If urinary retention is listed as a side effect, ask your doctor whether there are other medicines you can take that do not have this side effect.
| Author: | Douglas Dana Ralph Poore | Last Updated: August 30, 2006 |
| Medical Review: | Martin Gabica, MD - Family Medicine Adam Husney, MD - Family Medicine J. Curtis Nickel, MD, FRCSC - Urology Christopher G. Wood, MD, FACS - Urology/Oncology | |
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