best product for bladder urgency?

[Barbkane]

One of the oh so fun things I have to deal with is the sudden urge to go. Several times a week, I am in the car for 1+ hours with no pit stops.
The worst is I can be five minutes from the house, and not need to go. But by time I get home, I am racing for the bathroom.
I guess I need to start using some bladder control pad type thing for the accidents that are eventually going to happen. I'm stashing an extra set of clothes in the car, just in case. What brands work without being hugely bulky? I walk and use a wheelchair and am petite.

[rdmc]

I don't have much of a problem, but use a Tena Ultra Thin Light...when I go away from home, just in case. Sort of hard to find in our local stores so I order them from Drugstore.com. not cheap, but comfortable, and added protection, just in case.

[Camsue]

Hi barbkane

I take Oxybutynin on a PRN (whenever necessary) basis. It works very well and has allowed me a 'normal' time period that I don't have to run to the bathroom. I could take it daily but I want to try it this way as long as possible .

I carry an extra pair of underwear and pad in a plastic zip bag in my purse just in case I have an accident I can slip on the fresh pair and carry the . I do wear Poise light pads daily.
I'm the same way, will be fine until the moment I pull up in the driveway I can barely make it to the bathroom!
take care

[Lainie]

I tiotally LOVE Poise pads!

I have urinary incontinence, and used to use a regular sanitary napkin. Then one day I noticed Poise pads in the pad/tampon aisle, and decided to give them a try. Wow, what a huge difference! When you have an accident, a sanitary pad gets soaked, and feels wet and uncomfortable, which is a real problem if you can't change it right away. Also, because it is designed to absorb menstration and not urine, it can leak and make a mess.

What I love about Poise is that if you do have an accident, it absorbs it and you still feel dry. Also, it is in the period aisle, so you don't have to make a special trip to the incontinence aisle of the grocery store. Plus if you want to throw a couple din your purse, they look just like regular pads, so no one can tell the difference.

[Barbkane]

I think I may buy one of those pretty little make up bags that fit in your purse. I'll put a few pads and a change of panties in it. Trying to do what I need to and keep my dignity, such as it is

[emily06]

I have been using the Poise pads whenever I am going out for a while - just in case. There always seem to be coupons for these too so that's great. And on their website you can get free samples to try them out and decide which is best for your needs.

[newbie but goodie]

I am about to cry with relief! I seriously thought no one else in the world was walking around with a Poise and extra panties in their purse, car, desk, etc. Before I devised this system I was living like a mole because I couldn't keep it together without a bathroom within spitting distance.

I just recently got some Oxybutinin but have been a little hesitant to add yet another pill to my daily regimen. I didn't realize one could use it PRN- maybe I will give that a shot on days when it really matters. I loved the pyridium my PCP gave me but he said no more than 4 days of it (plus it makes your urine SO orange. Not cool when you can hardly make it to the bathroom!).

[Luv2Worship]

I started out using Poise pads but I found that there would still be a lot of 'leakage overflow' issues. Then one time when my husband went to the store he came home with TENA pads instead of Poise and I've never gone back!! Their commercial talks about the "Tena twist" so I decided to try it after a particularly large urine event. [] Wow, it totally worked!! I haven't had a single accident since!!

It is so nice to not have the stress of getting to the restroom in time if I have to pee!! They've actually helped slow down/block if its the other also!

[kebsa]

there are so many different pads around hat it i worth experimenting- always use the pads aimed for urinary problems rathen than sanirary pad, they are far more absorbant even when the same size.

if ou check out the medical supply companies there are many more brands than what you buy at the supermarket or pharmacy and if you contact the companies on the web they will usually be more than happy to send you samples.

there are actually washable absorbant panties- they have an absorbant pad built in and they look like normal panties. they seem pricey (about $24 a pair here in australia last time i bought some conni brand pants) but they were great if your loss is light-(100 to 200mls). not suitable for heavier losses or sudden 'downpours" best for steady flows

what ever you sue, the issue of odour is manged by changing promptly obvioulsy but also by maing sure that you have firm fitting panties when you use pads. All the manufacturers will give a rating of how much they can absob and these figures go up to over a litre but remeber that these amouts are usuall based on steady loss, not a sudden loss. my problem was thati sued to get to the toilet then as soon as i stood to transfer, i would lose the lot- so eventually i could not manage it with pads but for a long time a combination of ditropan and pads worked vey well

lastly, some brands that you get from medical supply stores also have booster pads- an extra pad you can wear inside the pad that you can remove and disard rather than changing completely. and believe it or not even the disposable pull ups are effective, they are comfy (most of them) and discrete, they look more like normal panties now and they do not rustle- if you need larger pads, these can be more comfy as they do not bulk up and crease like the stick on pads


a very good band that has a wide range of products is the Molicare range, i think thats avaikable in the US. and lastly, there are specialist trained RN's called continence nurses- they are a mine of useful information, they can often get you samples of the products they think will suit you best. you will find them associated with community nursing organisations, sometimes with urologists rooms but also i would think the Ms socieey would be able tohelp