The Problem of Polypharmacy in Female Patients with Overactive Bladders - Cross-Sectional Study in a Specialist Outpatient Department.

ABSTRACT: Background: The consumption of certain drugs can cause urinary incontinence. The aim of this study is to determine the frequency of consumption of drugs that can favour incontinence, the incidence of polypharmacy and the incidence of potentially dangerous drug-drug interactions in female patients suffering from overactive bladder (OAB) who presented to a urogynaecological outpatient department. Methods: We undertook a retrospective case series study. The data from 100 female patients who attended the urogynaecological outpatient department of the Vienna General Hospital [VGH; Allgemeinen Krankenhauses Wien (AKH)] in the period from 20. 07. 2010 to 30. 08. 2011 were evaluated. The patients suffered either from an OAB or mixed incontinence with predominantly urge components. Am

SUBMITTER: Schneidinger CS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5193149 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature