Anticholinergic drug use for overactive bladder in Sweden: a nationwide pharmacoepidemiological study

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.

Granath, FredrikKarolinska Institutet (author)
Mattiasson, AndersLund University,Lunds universitet,Urologi,Forskargrupper vid Lunds universitet,Urology,Lund University Research Groups(Swepub:lu)uro-ama (author)
Falconer, ChristianKarolinska Institutet (author)
Karolinska InstitutetUrologi (creator_code:org_t)

In:International Urogynecology Journal: Springer Science and Business Media LLC20:11, s. 1285-12911433-30230937-3462

By the author/editor: Altman, Daniel; Granath, Fredrik; Mattiasson, Ande ...; Falconer, Christ ...

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MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES: MEDICAL AND HEAL ...; and Clinical Medicin ...; and Obstetrics Gynae ...

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