Abstract
In the first part of this review the potential pathophysiological factors involved in the overactive bladder were outlined, and the wide range of first-line anticholinergic pharmacotherapies available for such patients were reviewed. The second part will focus on the intravesical instillation of resiniferatoxin and injections of botulinum toxin into the bladder to treat overactive bladder and detrusor overactivity. Resiniferatoxin has been shown to increase bladder capacity and improve incontinence in patients with neurogenic and non-neurogenic detrusor overactivity. Botulinum toxin has successfully been used to treat neurogenic and idiopathic detrusor overactivity, with improvements observed in bladder capacity, decreases in detrusor pressures on filling and voiding, and increased volumes at first contraction. Further validation is required for both treatments, in the form of large randomised controlled trials, before their use can be considered routine, with particular focus on dosing required.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 529-38 |
| Number of pages | 10 |
| Journal | Expert opinion on pharmacotherapy |
| Volume | 7 |
| Issue number | 5 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - Apr 2006 |
Keywords
- Administration, Intravesical
- Botulinum Toxins/administration & dosage
- Cholinergic Antagonists/therapeutic use
- Diterpenes/administration & dosage
- Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
- Drugs, Investigational/therapeutic use
- Humans
- Neurotoxins/administration & dosage
- Practice Guidelines as Topic
- Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic
- Treatment Failure
- Urinary Bladder, Neurogenic/diagnosis
- Urinary Incontinence/diagnosis