How to manage overactive bladder in elderly individuals with dementia? A combined use of donepezil, a central acetylcholinesterase inhibitor, and propiverine, a peripheral muscarine receptor antagonist

J Am Geriatr Soc. 2009 Aug;57(8):1515-7. doi: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2009.02369.x.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Benzilates / therapeutic use*
  • Chi-Square Distribution
  • Cholinergic Antagonists / therapeutic use*
  • Cholinesterase Inhibitors / therapeutic use*
  • Dementia / complications*
  • Dementia / drug therapy*
  • Donepezil
  • Drug Therapy, Combination
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Indans / therapeutic use*
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Piperidines / therapeutic use*
  • Prospective Studies
  • Surveys and Questionnaires
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Urinary Bladder, Overactive / drug therapy*
  • Urinary Bladder, Overactive / etiology*

Substances

  • Benzilates
  • Cholinergic Antagonists
  • Cholinesterase Inhibitors
  • Indans
  • Piperidines
  • propiverine
  • Donepezil