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PRACTITIONER 2009;253(1722):9

Anticholinergics can help improve bothersome overactive bladder symptoms

01 Oct 2009Registered users

This study is directly applicable to patients seen in primary care. It would suggest a safe strategy of initiating an alpha-blocker in patients with mixed storage and voiding symptoms, reviewing at 4-6 weeks, and adding an anticholinergic for those patients whose storage symptoms remain bothersome. It is always possible to trial removing the anticholinergic after a few months of bladder retraining, particularly to see if a placebo effect had a significant role, with therapy reintroduced if storage symptoms relapse. [With external links to the current evidence base]

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