Use Getting to Dry to Help Your Patients

We know from our experience conducting the Try for Dry pediatric enuresis clinic at Children's Memorial Hospital in Chicago that many physicians are at a loss to offer their patients a comprehensive step-by-step solution to the problem of chronic nocturnal enuresis.

The book Getting to Dry is intended to help you, as a primary healthcare provider, offer a systematic treatment plan to your enuretic pediatric patients. The approach is modeled on our successful enuresis alarm based program complete with additional diet, bowel and pharmacological modalities. Though written for the lay reader, the effectiveness of the modalities included in the Try for Dry approach are enhanced by physician involvement.

After reviewing the book yourself, begin by having your patient get a copy of Getting to Dry from their local bookstore, library, this website or other online bookseller.

Pay special attention to Chapter 4, including the food sensitivities diet, bowel program and most importantly the functional bladder capacity evaluation. If you find your patient's functional bladder capacity is lower than expected for his or her age, discuss the possible use of Oxybutinin as presented in this section.

We have found that Oxybutinin, when prescribed in the manner presented, substantially increases the child's ability to get dry in conjunction with the enuresis alarm therapy. In Getting to Dry we also explore the appropriate use of Desmopressin, our position on Imiprimine, as well as psychological concerns and the effectiveness of other popular treatment alternatives.