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Potentially inappropriate prescriptions of anticholinergic drugs in patients with benign prostatic hyperplasia
Luis Fernando Valladales-Restrepo1,2, Jorge Enrique Machado-Alba1
1Grupo de Investigación en Farmacoepidemiología y Farmacovigilancia, Universidad Tecnologica de Pereira-Audifarma S.A, Pereira, Colombia.
Background:
Prostatic hyperplasia is frequent in the elderly, and it can be associated with urinary retention in patients who use cholinergic antagonists. The objective was to estimate the anticholinergic burden of drugs prescribed to patients diagnosed with benign prostatic hyperplasia.
Methods:
A cross-sectional study using a population database to identify prescriptions of cholinergic antagonists drugs used in the management of benign prostatic hyperplasia. The anticholinergic burden was evaluated using the Anticholinergic Drug Scale.
Results:
Three thousand seven hundred and sixty patients with benign prostatic hyperplasia were identified, with a mean age of 68.26 ± 10.46 years. Of these patients, 2961 (78.8%) received pharmacological treatment mainly with tamsulosin monotherapy (34.7%, n = 1026). Overall, 34.7% (n = 1303) of all patients were taking cholinergic antagonists. Patients aged 75-84 years (OR: 1.985, 95%CI: 1.063-3.709) and those 85 or older (OR: 2.52, 95%CI: 1.287-4.948) had a greater probability of having an anticholinergic burden score ≥3 points. Of the patients not receiving pharmacological treatment for benign prostatic hyperplasia, 35% (n = 280) were taking medications with anticholinergic properties.
Conclusions:
A high proportion of patients with benign prostatic hyperplasia were receiving medical management for the relief of symptoms, mostly via monotherapy. However, one-third of patients received some type of medication with anticholinergic properties, being much more frequent after 75 years.
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