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The effect of a serotonin antagonist ketanserin on acute urinary retention
J Hørby1, H J Gyrtrup, C Frimodt-Møller
1Department of Urology H, Gentofte Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Hellerup, Denmark.
Scandinavian Journal of Urology and Nephrology
|January 1, 1989
Abstract:
The serotonin antagonist ketanserin has in a single case been found effective in promoting bladder emptying in a patient with first time acute urinary retention on basis of benign prostatic hypertrophy. The mechanism behind is probably an alpha-receptor blockade.