Ted wrote:
I'll post his here and there over time just so folks can be aware of it. There was a study released last june that links bladder meds to irreversible dementia. An increase in cases of over 100%. This is a preliminary study and hasn't been followed up as far as I know. So you might take it with a grain of salt. I brought this up with a psychiatrist and she thought a bit and sort said WOW! She then told me about the suppression of acetylcholin and the effects of it on nerve bundles in the brain. Bladder meds (anticholergics) suppress acetlycholin production. She came up with the thought that it might be a bad idea to play with anticholinergics (bladder meds). The meds do work well for about a third of the people that take them and I was seeing some really good results. The big problem I had was headaches. I think I would have pursued the drug a little further if it weren't for the dementia problem.
It might be added that anticholinergics are an active part of allergy drugs like Benedryl. The dementia problems arise with long term use of bladder control drugs at levels above 2.9mg (for like 5 years). Anyways I decided the POSSIBLE risk was not for me. Diapers or dementia and diapers.....
Does this also apply for Miabegron - that it can / does cause dementia? If so I'll stop taking it immediately, I see no reason trying to mitigate one problem, only to opt for a more serious problem, I would rather wet myself, and still have a fully functional memory