Myrbetriq for Urinary Frequency User Reviews (Page 3)

• wat...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• September 26, 2020

"Been on Myrbetriq 50 mg daily for 4 weeks for overactive bladder. Had bad side effects of very high blood pressure and constant burning pain in bladder and in urethra when peeing! Ditropan worked better. I've been in agony. Dr. didn't pick up on the side effects of feeling like a constant bladder infection effects! I figured it out myself!"

• nev...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• October 31, 2016

"I've been taking it regularly for about a week. It was very helpful at first, and I sleep well. Now I'm in so much pain in the bladder and right kidney, mostly in my back. I'm starting to really worry. My blood pressure is really high, and I'm having blurred vision. Thank God I'm seeing my doctor tomorrow. That's if I don't have to go to the hospital."

• Sta...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• February 17, 2016

"Took 25 mg first week, now started on 50 mg. First 3 days of increasing med started having increased frequency... I am talking every 15 mins or less. I hurt I have to go so much. Don't know if this is typical of this med, as I have read other reviews that state this. I will try it a couple more days to see if it improves, and if not will quit using. Dr. said this med doesn't cause the dry mouth like others, but mouth is slightly dry. Scares me about the B/P."

• Sue...
• June 28, 2016

"I have been on Myrbetriq and Vesicare for about nine months. I had dry mouth and some heart racing, but didn't connect it to the medication. My migraines also occurred with more frequency, but again I didn't connect it to the medication until I read the entries on this site. Last week, all of a sudden, the drugs stopped working, and I became unable to control my bladder. I have to take Pyridium every eight hours, or I am in pain like I have a UTI, but my urine culture is clear. My doctor is scheduling me for Botox injections via cystoscopy. I hope it works because I can barely leave the house."

• Dou...
• October 27, 2016

"I have been on Myrbetriq for almost 4 years now, and it has been a lifesaver. I tried many other overactive bladder drugs on the market with no success. I even had an InterStim implant to control my bladder. The Myrbetriq worked better than anything else, and I even had my implant taken out. The Myrbetriq has everything under control, and I am so thankful to have found a drug that finally worked. I have had no side effects that often come with other drugs. My insurance will stop covering Myrbetriq as of Jan. 2017, so I am not sure what I am going to do. Myrbetriq has been my guardian angel for my bladder - I don't know where I'd be without it."

• GSI...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• June 5, 2016

"I'm only 40 years old and after a lifetime of urgency and frequency - Myrbetriq has changed everything! I can remember being in my early teens and having dreadful pain throughout the day - it's been like that until now. I've been on 50 mg for about 3 weeks now, no real side effect yet. Except one that puzzles me - somehow it's relieved body and joint pain I've had for years. I have a couple of autoimmune diseases, so I always thought that pain was caused by that - and my doctors treated me for it too. I've tried finding information on if Myrbetriq somehow helps with pain, but I haven't found anything on it. Perhaps it's just a reaction I've had? It's just odd and I'm not one to jump to conclusions, but I can't help but assume."

• Cla...
• August 2, 2015

"I took this for 2 months. I felt terrible all the time. So tired I could barely motivate, and my heart raced out of my body. Told my doctor and have since stopped taking it. Went back to what I was taking for years with no problem."

• Bob...
• Taken for 2 to 5 years
• May 8, 2016

"50 mg/day helps a lot. Much better than 25 mg/day. I've experimented with 100 mg/day, and that's much better. I have dry pants at the end of the day for the first time in decades. No side effects, but insurance doesn't cover 100 mg/day."

• Mas...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• July 23, 2018

"This medicine has literally changed my life. I couldn't go anywhere without feeling like I had to go to the bathroom and needing to know where a bathroom was. I could go to the bathroom and not even minutes later, I had to go again. This has been a life changer for me. I no longer get up multiple times in the middle of the night, and there's no longer a need to find out where a bathroom is immediately after leaving the house."

• Don...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• October 11, 2019

"I took this medicine for 2 weeks. The side effects are horrible. They started with very dry mouth and sinus, as I continued the drug, I developed blurry vision, headaches, joint pain that also caused weakness in my hands, chest pain, heart racing, diarrhea, upset stomach, and my hair fell out by the handful. I have been off the med for 3 days now and still feel awful."

• kri...
• June 11, 2015

"I have been on this medication, 50 mg for about 1 1/2 years, and it changed my life. I had tried Vesicare and one more kind, and after 3 months, all of the other stopped. I give this a 100 out of 10. Downside, very expensive. I pay 275.00 a month until 1200 deductible met, and that's with insurance."

• Mar...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• August 1, 2016

"Took this medication at 50 mg. Within 3 days, lost consciousness, had to go to the ER by squad, and had horrible positional vertigo resulting in uncontrollable vomiting. No reason for this episode found after CT scan, EEG, and blood work. Drug interaction? I'm still a little dizzy 2 days later. Don't know if the episode was related to the drug, but I'm not taking it. Untested, too many potential drug interactions."

• BTB...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• August 22, 2019

"My bladder was so happy and calm for the first time in years when I started taking Myrbetriq. I was thrilled, then one of the side effects kicked in. I had severe constipation and could not go at all. I ended up at urgent care, I had such a stomach ache. It took several treatments of Miralax after discontinuing the drug to get my body eliminating on its own. I was disappointed. Have an appointment with the urologist again."

• Kw1...
• January 29, 2015

"I had modest improvements in my bladder urgency symptoms. My biggest problem was how it affected my blood pressure. I am a 29-year-old female and started having sky-high blood pressure readings. I have never had trouble with blood pressure prior to starting this medication. I had one blood pressure reading of 197/110. Now my blood pressure is still running high, around 155/90. I am going to start cutting the pills in half to see if it will help. One positive is that I only have to pay $20 on the patient assistance program through their website."

• Xen...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• October 30, 2016

"Myrbetriq 25 mg for my interstitial cystitis made my symptoms worse. I started on a Friday, had some mild side effects such as dizziness, stomach pain, heartburn, racing heart, and headache. They increased in intensity, I was physically exhausted for no reason, and I was peeing close to 50 times a day, more than double. I contacted my Dr. and left a message, but stupidly continued taking the meds for 3 more days, thinking side effects would go away. They got worse. At that point, the bladder pain and pain when peeing was so excruciating, I thought I was going to die. I took AZO Bladder Pain Relief, which helped with the pain since my Dr. never called back. A week later, I'm back to where I started with my IC, and my Dr. has still not called."

• Sim...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• July 13, 2016

"Worked immediately for me within hours of taking it. Such a relief! Thankfully, my insurance covers it. I am taking the 59 mg extended release if that is any different. I have had virtually no side effects, and I am even on blood pressure medicine and had kidney failure once!"

• Jus...
• August 20, 2015

"I have multiple sclerosis. This medication caused me dizziness, worsened balance, and significantly increased tremor while affording very little relief of urinary symptoms. I have taken the samples for ten days and still need the bathroom every two to three hours with urgency. Will discontinue now. Not worth it."

• Fer...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• September 21, 2020

"I’m a 28-year-old woman who has bladder issues due to endometriosis. When I was first prescribed Myrbetriq, I was elated. It instantly stopped my frequent and incomplete trips to the bathroom, intense bladder pain, peeing when sneezing or coughing, and waking up to pee at night. I sang its praises to everyone I knew that had similar issues. However, only 5 months later, it has completely stopped working altogether. Every symptom is back. Not only that, I have been experiencing massive hair loss (clumps come out in the shower) and migraines that last for days. I didn’t even think to relate it to the drug until I was reading similar accounts on here. My quick review: it’s great until it stops working, and then the side effects outweigh the benefits. Proceed with caution!"

• get...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• November 19, 2016

"Myrbetriq 25 mg worked immediately and helped decrease urinary frequency about 25%, while increasing the volume of urine 27%. However, it also increased my frequency of ocular migraines (visual disturbance). So my urogynocologist did not increase the dosage to further decrease my frequency, and after 1.5 months, I stopped taking it. I'm disappointed. This is the third drug I have taken that I could not tolerate the side effects. Now my other options are posterior tibial nerve stimulation or Botox."

• Gen...
• Taken for 6 months to 1 year
• September 14, 2018

"I began having frequent trips to the bathroom at night 5 years ago. Bought a urinal bottle and still keep it on the table next to my bed. FloMax did not help. Urologist found I have a small bladder and injected it with Botox. Some relief initially, then frequency at night returned. He kept me on FloMax and added 25 mg Myrbetriq. No help. When he increased the dosage to 50 mg, I had some relief. But I still needed the urinal at night. Then I began having urine infections. Antibiotics cured them, but they became more frequent. Two months ago, I was taken to the hospital unconscious. Diagnosed with sepsis and the ER doc told my kids I had a 50-50 chance of living. His opinion was the sepsis began with another urine infection (my fourth). The Myrbetriq website states this drug might cause these infections. I am stopping taking it right away."

• Cin...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• January 31, 2019

"Having bladder pain after UTI. Took one 50 mg one night at 8 pm. Could never get sleepy. Finally went to sleep at 1 am and woke with a rapid heartbeat and anxiety at 3 am. Was awake all day and still had trouble sleeping the next night without taking another dose. So awoke at 5:30 am the next morning with a pulse at 116. My ears have been buzzing and ringing, which impairs my hearing. I would not recommend this medicine, for it causes high BP, fast heart rate, ears buzzing, anxiety. I could tell my urologist had trouble believing me, for he had told me it had no side effects. Why would he say that when you read on the label, all I had are listed? Well, he can say I told him about mine. I don’t like this drug. Oxybutynin was better even with the dry mouth."

• sil...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• November 17, 2012

"Dry mouth, dry eyes, and continued to urinate. I believe it is an expensive drug with the same side effects as most of the other medications in this class. This was very drying compared to, say, Gelnique."

• TD1...
• November 19, 2019

"I've been dealing with nocturia and a weakened stream for almost a year. It had gotten to the point of having a constant urge to go when lying down, so I was getting very little sleep and turning into a zombie. I tried Saw Palmetto, which actually helped for about 3 months, but then the symptoms came back with a fury. I finally went to a urologist, who put me on Flomax. That only lasted a week before the horrible side effects kicked in. After reading reviews, I talked the doctor into trying Cialis 5 mg. I took that for 2 months, and it had zero effect. The doctor then gave me a 2-week sample of Myrbetriq 50 mg. Within a few days, my stream had improved and the constant urge to go when lying down disappeared. However, I was still getting up 4-5 times a night. After 6 weeks, frequency has not changed. I'll give this another month, and if the frequency doesn't change, I'll be back at the doctor's office."

• Ret...
• March 1, 2019

"I had been prescribed this drug a couple of years ago and stopped using it due to diarrhea issues. I have gone to a new doctor, and she prescribed the same. I'm taking 2 other drugs. So I started having gastro grumblings, etc. Then I had one experience of explosive diarrhea! Of course, I don't know whether this drug caused it or not. I stopped the drug for a few days, then have had almost continual gastro problems. I am having some hair loss and started taking iron for it, which I read online. Someone commented on that problem as related to Myrbetriq. Needless to say, I am stopping this drug! Not only do I continue to have OAB, some hair loss, but I also am fearful of fecal loss!"

• Hoc...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• September 11, 2018

"Had 5 kidney stones in 3 months, and those events somehow changed my renal system, and I developed overactive bladder (OAB). Was voiding 30-40 times a day. MD checked for infection multiple times over months - none present. I had multiple KUB X-rays and CT scans done - all clear. The OAB was debilitating, it was hard to leave the house. MD gave me a month's worth of Myrbetriq samples - 25 mg and 50 mg. I started with the 25 mg, and it didn't do anything. I went to the 50 mg, and it sort of worked, reducing my bathroom visits about 25%, but I developed nonstop fatigue. I was exhausted day and night and was sleeping for 2-3 hours a day. I just quit the Myrbetriq, and the fatigue has dissipated, and the OAB has gotten better even after stopping the Myrbetriq. In addition, my blood pressure increased from 115/75 to 130/90. I have no explanation for the OAB improvement off the drug, and neither does my MD. Be careful with this drug and monitor your BP daily. This drug was not for me."