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Old Dec 5, 2005 | 9:43 pm
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Originally Posted by Athena53
Walgreen's (and probably most drugstores) sells a generic (phenazolpyridine hyrdochloride) that kills that "burning urge". I always keep a stash of them because once in awhile I have that problem if my liquid intake includes too much caffeine and alcohol and not enough water. That might work.
Prescription or OTC?

EDIT: Never mind, I Googled it. It is actually "phenazopyridine hydrochloride" (no "L" in the first word), and here is a fact sheet on it:

http://www.wholehealthmd.com/refshel...24,492,00.html

It is available OTC. One of its side effects is to turn the urine reddish orange.
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