Expect a Shift Toward Fewer Oxybutynin IR Rxs for Overactive Bladder

May 2017

You'll see a shift in meds used for overactive bladder.

Many payers used to require trying immediate-release oxybutynin before covering any other "antimuscarinic" overactive bladder meds...since they tended to cost more.

But costs are coming down as more of these meds go generic.

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