Wow! This brings back painful memories.
I was prescribed Straterra last year after my initial consultation. The psychiatrist offered no warnings of side effects nor contra-indications at all. Within four hours of my first dose, I started feeling like I was developing a urinary tract infection. By the next morning, I could barely urinate. Picture Tom Hanks character in The Green Mile. I didn’t make a connection to the drug, so I grabbed every OTC concoction I could find to treat a UTI! It felt like Mr. Ghirkin was wearing a rubber band which had been doubled up about a dozen times. An erection wasn’t even in the game plan.
I finally called the psych’s office back…without offering an explanation, he just said come back and let’s discuss it.
So during the second office visit within 10 days, he explains that I was one of the rare few individuals(12-14%) who take Straterra that have this and/or similar reaction. Well. thanks for the “heads up” doc! Was an extremely painful experience. I stopped taking the drug after the third dose and the symptoms took about two to three days to completely subside. Never went back to that doctor.
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