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Overactive Urinary Bladder (Overactive Bladder) Summary

639 relevant articles (112 outcomes, 132 trials/studies) found for this Disease

Description: Symptom of overactive detrusor muscle of the URINARY BLADDER that contracts with abnormally high frequency and urgency. Overactive bladder is characterized by the frequent feeling of needing to urinate during the day, during the night, or both. URINARY INCONTINENCE may or may not be present.

Also Known As: Overactive Bladder; Urinary Bladder, Overactive; Bladder, Overactive; Overactive Detrusor Function; Detrusor Function, Overactive Show All >>

Key Drugs and Agents for Overactive Urinary Bladder

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Drugs and Important Biological Agents (IBA) related to treatments:
  1. tolterodine (Detrol) : 44 outcomes 45 studies in 158 results : FDA 3
  2. oxybutynin (Tavor) : 21 outcomes 32 studies in 103 results : FDA 20 Generic
  3. quinuclidin- 3'- yl- 1- phenyl- 1,2,3,4- tetrahydroisoquinoline- 2- carboxylate monosuccinate (solifenacin) : 10 outcomes 16 studies in 65 results : IBA
  4. Muscarinic Antagonists : 9 outcomes 5 studies in 44 results : IBA
  5. Cholinergic Antagonists (Anticholinergics) : 8 outcomes 4 studies in 46 results : IBA
  6. Botulinum Toxins (Botulinum Toxin) : 8 outcomes 3 studies in 37 results : IBA
  7. darifenacin : 7 outcomes 15 studies in 43 results : FDA 1
  8. Muscarinic Receptors (Muscarinic Acetylcholine Receptor) : 5 outcomes 4 studies in 59 results : IBA
  9. Capsaicin (Zostrix) : 5 outcomes 2 studies in 11 results : IBA
  10. Succinic Acid (Succinate) : 4 outcomes 7 studies in 28 results : IBA
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Diseases Related to Overactive Urinary Bladder

  1. Syndrome
  2. Urinary Incontinence
  3. Prostatic Hyperplasia (Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia)
  4. Urge Urinary Incontinence (Urge Incontinence)
  5. Nocturia
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Key Therapies for Overactive Urinary Bladder

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  1. Drug Therapy (Chemotherapy) : 5 outcomes 2 studies in 33 results
  2. Biofeedback (Psychology) (Biofeedback) : 2 outcomes 2 studies in 7 results
  3. Transcutaneous Electric Nerve Stimulation (TENS) : 1 outcome in 1 result
  4. Denervation : 1 outcome in 1 result
  5. Suburethral Slings (Tension-Free Vaginal Tape) : 3 studies in 7 results
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