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The characteristic of solifenacin and fesoterodine with regard to their clinical efficacy, tolerability and safety in the treatment of overactive bladder
Article published in Urologia Polska 2008/61/4.

authors

Andrzej Wróbel1, Tomasz Rechberger1, Paweł Kieres2
1II Klinika Ginekologii Uniwersytetu Medycznego w Lublinie
2Oddział Urologiczny im. ¦w. Rafała, Wojewódzki Specjalistyczny Zespół Opieki Zdrowotnej GruĽlicy i Chorób Płuc w Kielcach

keywords

urinary bladder solifenacin fesoterodine overactive bladder pharmacotherapy

summary

Antimuscarinics such as solifenacin or fesoterodine achieve a good balance of efficacy and tolerability and as a consequence are associated
with good long-term patient satisfaction. The therapeutic profile however may differ because various antimuscarinic drugs have
different affinity to the five subtypes of muscarinic receptors that represent targets for OAB treatment (mainly M2 and M3). Because
of the lack of head-to-head randomized double-blinded, placebo-controlled studies we tried to perform indirect comparison of these
two new-generation antimuscarinics with regard to their efficacy, tolerability and safety in the OAB treatment.

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correspondence

Andrzej Wróbel
II Klinika Ginekologii
ul. Jaczewskiego 8
20-954 Lublin
tel. kom. 691 376 307
wrobelandrzej@yahoo.com