Causes of urine retention

Are there any medications that can cause acute urinary retention?

In acute urinary retention the urine collected in the bladder fails to come out. One may feel sensations of a full bladder and the urge to urinate, but the urine won’t flow. Causes of acute urinary retention include:

- Excessive alcohol consumption

- Use of medications like anti histamines, decongestants, certain bronchodilators, anti parkinsonian drugs, anti cholinergics, medications for blood pressure, anti depressants

- Prolonged periods of bed rest

- Exposure to intense cold

- Spinal cord trauma or paralysis

- Recent surgery or anesthesia

- Presence of a urinary tract infection

- Benign prostatic hypertrophy