Urinary Symptoms
Frequency, burning, and incontinence are reported. Again, investigations usually prove negative. Treatment for infection is ineffective. If your doctor confirms there is no infection, drink plenty of water and be patient. Young and old, men and women, sometimes have slight (and temporary) urinary incontinence during withdrawal.
If you experience headaches, sore throat, stuffy nose, burning skin, it may be that you are cutting down too quickly. Some people recognize that they have had these symptoms for years. The influenza they experienced several times a year was when they ran out of pills, or forgot to take them on holiday. Many people remember a flu-like illness when their pills were stopped on admission to hospital for routine surgery. The symptoms always disappeared when they resumed taking their pills.
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