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- Altman, Daniel, et al.
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Anticholinergic drug use for overactive bladder in Sweden: a nationwide pharmacoepidemiological study
- 2009
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Ingår i: International Urogynecology Journal. - : Springer Science and Business Media LLC. - 1433-3023 .- 0937-3462. ; 20:11, s. 1285-1291
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Nationwide use and costs of anticholinergic drug for overactive bladder are unknown. We performed a nationwide study based on the Swedish Register on Prescribed Pharmaceuticals. From 2000 to 2007, there was a 68.8% increase in dispensed anticholinergic drugs in a population of 9 million. More than 93 million DDDs (calculated average maintenance dose per day) of anticholinergic drugs were dispensed corresponding to an overall DDD/TID (DDD per 1,000 inhabitants per day) of 3.5 per 1,000 persons per year. Approximately two thirds of anticholinergic drugs were prescribed to women, regardless of drug type. In 2007, the cost for anticholinergic drugs was 22 million a,not sign of which tolterodine comprised 70.8%. Solifenacin and darifenacin steadily increased their DDD/TIDs after market introduction. In this nationwide study, there was a 70% increased rate of expedited prescriptions of anticholinergic drugs for the treatment of overactive bladder in a relatively stable population.
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- Teleman, Pia, et al.
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Urethral pressure response patterns induced by squeeze in continent and incontinent women.
- 2007
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Ingår i: International Urogynecology Journal. - : Springer Science and Business Media LLC. - 1433-3023 .- 0937-3462. ; 18:9, s. 1027-1031
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Our aim was to compare the urethral pressure response pattern to pelvic floor muscle contractions in 20-27 years old, nulliparous continent women (n=31) to that of continent (n=28) and formerly untreated incontinent (n=59) (53-63 years old) women. These women underwent urethral pressure measurements during rest and repeated pelvic muscle contractions. The response to the contractions was graded 0-4. The young continent women showed a mean urethral pressure response of 2.8, the middle-aged continent women 2.2 (NS vs young continent), and the incontinent women 1.5 (p < 0.05 vs middle-aged continent, p < 0.001 vs young continent). Urethral pressures during rest were significantly higher in the younger women than in both groups of middle-aged women. The decreased ability to increase urethral pressure on demand seen in middle-aged incontinent women compared to continent women of the same age as well as young women seems to be a consequence of a neuromuscular disorder rather than of age.
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