Frederick Adolf Paola1, Donna Sales, Iñigo Garcia-Zozaya. 1. Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Medical Ethics and Humanities, University of South Florida College of Medicine, Tampa, Florida 33612-4799, USA. fpaola@hsc.usf.edu
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: Documentation of possible usefulness of phenazopyridine in the management of autonomic dysreflexia (AD) associated with urinary tract infection. SETTING: Veterans Administration Spinal Cord Injury Center. RESULTS: A 36-year-old man with tetraplegia and AD triggered by cystitis improved both subjectively and objectively following the institution of a 2-day course of phenazopyridine. CONCLUSION: Phenazopyridine may be useful in the management of AD associated with cystitis.
OBJECTIVE: Documentation of possible usefulness of phenazopyridine in the management of autonomic dysreflexia (AD) associated with urinary tract infection. SETTING: Veterans Administration Spinal Cord Injury Center. RESULTS: A 36-year-old man with tetraplegia and AD triggered by cystitis improved both subjectively and objectively following the institution of a 2-day course of phenazopyridine. CONCLUSION:Phenazopyridine may be useful in the management of AD associated with cystitis.