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Urinary Retention due to MedicationsAka: Medication Causes of Urinary Retention

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1. Anticholinergic Medications
Causes: Common
1. Antihistamines
2. Benzodiazepines
3. Tricyclic Antidepressants
4. Oral Decongestants
5. NSAIDS
Causes: Neuropsychiatric agents
1. Amphetamines
2. Benzodiazepines
3. Carbamazepine
4. Antiparkinson agents
  1. Amantadine
  2. Trihexyphenidyl
  3. Benztropine
  4. Levodopa
5. Tricyclic Antidepressants
6. Antipsychotics
  1. Thioridazine
  2. Haloperidol
  3. Chlorpromazine
Causes: Cardiopulmonary agents
1. Antiarrhythmics
  1. Disopyramide
  2. Procainamide
  3. Quinidine
2. Antihypertensives
  1. Hydralazine
  2. Dihydropyridine Calcium Channel Blockers (Nifedipine)
3. Sympathomimetics
  1. Alpha-adrenergic agents (oral Decongestants): Phenylephrine, Pseudoephedrine
  2. Beta-adrenergic agents: Isoproterenol, Terbutaline
Causes: Miscellaneous
1. Narcotic Analgesics
2. Alcohol
3. NSAIDs
  1. Verhamme (2005) Arch Intern Med 165:1547
4. Vincristine
5. Skeletal Muscle Relaxants
  1. Baclofen
  2. Cyclobenzaprine
6. Antispasmodic Gastrointestinal and Genitourinary medications
  1. Dicyclomine
  2. Glycopyrrolate
  3. Oxybutynin
  4. Scopolamine
7. Antihistamines
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