The program is designed to be completed in five semesters for Masters students in SLP (Fall-Spring-Summer Year 1; Fall-Spring Year 2) and four years for AuD students (Fall-Spring-Summer Year 1; Fall-Spring-Summer Year 2; Fall-Spring-Summer Year 3; Fall-Spring Year 4).
GENERIC NAME: oxybutynin. BRAND NAME: Ditropan (discontinued brand in the US); Ditropan XL; Oxytrol; Anturol; Gelnique. DRUG CLASS AND MECHANISM: Oxybutynin is an oral drug that is used for treating urinary bladder spasm. Oxybutynin has a dual mechanism of action. Contraction of the smooth muscle of the bladder is stimulated by the release of acetylcholine by the nerves within the bladder and the attachment of the acetylcholine to receptors on the surface of the bladder's muscle cells.
These properties cause relaxation of the detrusor muscle of the bladder in patients with an unstable bladder. Ditropan increases bladder capacity and reduces the incidence of spontaneous contractions of the detrusor muscle.