Dr. Mary Claire Haver

Side effects of oxybutynin is usually one of the meds that we use or one of the long acting forms.

And it can cause dry mouth, dry eyes.

So again, nuanced conversation with your doctor on how to treat that.

So if it's just GSM, so general urinary syndrome of menopause, everything kind of acts better, acts more healthy in the presence of estrogen.

So the first thing we usually do is give your general urinary system estrogen back.

And then see how the symptoms are.

And if they persist, then we need further evaluation for stress incontinence.

How do we treat that?

Generally surgical, okay?

Some surgical way to lift that sling back up.

There's also pessaries and some other things we can do.

But if you're healthy and young and can tolerate surgery, it's a very minimally invasive procedure to have that sling repaired.

And most patients do really, really well with it.

That's typically done by a urogynecologist or a urologist with special training in female anatomy.

But you should not be leaking.

We should see no diapers for adults.

We shouldn't.

That makes me sad every time I see the diaper aisle because I have to buy them for my mother.

How do we let this happen?

Why are we doing this to women?