Overactive Bladder Successfully Treated with Duloxetine in a Female Adolescent.
10.9758/cpn.2015.13.2.212
- Author:
Sheng Min WANG
1
;
Hae Kook LEE
;
Yong Sil KWEON
;
Chung Tai LEE
;
Kyoung Uk LEE
Author Information
1. Department of Psychiatry, Seoul St. Mary's Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Duloxetine;
Overactive urinary bladder;
Treatment;
Stress urinary incontinence;
Depression
- MeSH:
Adolescent*;
Depression;
Europe;
Female*;
Humans;
Nocturia;
Norepinephrine;
Serotonin;
Urinary Bladder, Overactive*;
Urinary Incontinence;
Urinary Incontinence, Urge;
Duloxetine Hydrochloride
- From:Clinical Psychopharmacology and Neuroscience
2015;13(2):212-214
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
Overactive bladder (OAB) is defined as urgency, usually with frequency and nocturia, and with or without urge incontinence. Duloxetine, an antidepressant that inhibits reuptake of serotonin and norepinephrine, is indicated for the treatment of stress urinary incontinence in Europe. In this paper, we present a case of a 17-year-old female patient with OAB and depressive symptoms who was successfully treated with duloxetine. This case suggests duloxetine can be an option for patient with OAB, and it also highlights the need for further studies of duloxetine's use in the treatment of OAB.
