Trade names and dose form
For oral inhalation and for nebulizer use:
NebuPent Nebulizer (APP Pharmaceuticals LLC - US)For intravenous and intramuscular use:
US and Canada:
Pentacarinat 300 injection powder 300 mg vial (Avantis Pharma Inc - Canada)
Pentam 300 (APP Pharmaceuticals LLC - US)
Pentamidine isethionate 300 mg for injection (David Bull Laboratories LTD - Canada, Hospira Healthcare Corporation - Canada)
International Brands:Pentamidine isethionate (Abbott)
Pentacarinat (Sanofi-Aventis)
Pentacrinat (Abbott)
Pentam (Abbott)
Pneumopent

See also
Netropsin
Lexitropsin

References
External links
"Pentamidine". Drug Information Portal. U.S. National Library of Medicine.
The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5) mentions paruresis by name.Kaplan & Sadocks Synopsis of Psychiatry states, "Persons with social phobias (also called social anxiety disorder) have excessive fears of humiliation or embarrassment in various social settings, such as in speaking in public, urinating in a public rest room (also called shy bladder), and speaking to a date." The Synopsis describes shy bladder as "inability to void in a public bathroom" and notes that relaxation exercises are an application of behavior therapy for dealing with this disorder. Some paruretics experience delayed urination and must wait for their need to void to overcome their anxiety, while others are unable to urinate at all. Treatment
In terms of treating the mental aspect of paruresis, such treatment can be achieved by graduated exposure therapy and cognitive behavioral therapy. In graduated exposure therapy, the subject has a trusted person stand outside the restroom at first, and once the fear is overcome the observer is brought closer in, until step by step the phobia is vanquished. The International Paruresis Association provides a detailed discussion of this method on its website. In addition to gradual exposure therapy, cognitive behavioral therapy is used to change a patients mental approach to the condition, from one of a person who cannot urinate, to a person who can urinate or is not overly fearful when they cant publicly urinate.