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Overactive bladder (OAB) is a common condition where there is a frequent feeling of needing to urinate to a degree that it negatively affects a person's life. [2] The frequent need to urinate may occur during the day, at night , or both. [ 4 ]
During childbirth, women are more likely to develop vaginal introital laxity, eventually leading to the weakening of pelvic floor muscles and may develop urinary symptoms such as OAB. [ 7 ] Vaginal introital laxity may also weaken the support structures around the urethra , which is the tube that helps carry urine outside of the body from the ...
A Phase II study of solabegron for overactive bladder (OAB) looked at 258 patients with moderate-to-severe incontinence experiencing an average of 4.5 wet episodes per day. Results demonstrated a statistically significant improvement with solabegron as compared with placebo, as measured by the percentage reduction of the number of wet episodes ...
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Oxybutynin, sold under the brand name Ditropan among others, is an anticholinergic medication primarily used to treat overactive bladder.It is widely considered a first-line therapy for overactive bladder due to its well-studied side effect profile, broad applicability, and continued efficacy over long periods of time.
Fesoterodine (INN, used as the fumarate under the brand name Toviaz) is an antimuscarinic drug developed by Schwarz Pharma AG to treat overactive bladder syndrome (OAB). [2] It was approved by the European Medicines Agency in April 2007, [3] the US Food and Drug Administration on October 31, 2008 [4] and Health Canada on February 9, 2012.
OAB may stand for: Order of Attorneys of Brazil (Ordem dos Advogados do Brasil), the Brazilian Bar Association; The Oxford Annotated Bible; Oita Asahi Broadcasting, a television company in Japan; Oman Arab Bank, a bank in Oman; Overactive bladder, a urological syndrome; Oriental Air Bridge, airline
The chemical structure of Solabegron, a β 3-adrenergic receptor agonist. Mirabegron is a selective β 3-AR agonist that affects the detrusor muscles of the urinary bladder.By stimulation of β 3-AR the contraction of the smooth muscles of the bladder is decreased and the bladder can store more volume of urine at a given time.