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Clin Psychopharmacol Neurosci. 2015 Aug 31;13(2):212-4. doi: 10.9758/cpn.2015.13.2.212.

Overactive Bladder Successfully Treated with Duloxetine in a Female Adolescent.

Clinical psychopharmacology and neuroscience : the official scientific journal of the Korean College of Neuropsychopharmacology

Sheng-Min Wang, Hae-Kook Lee, Yong-Sil Kweon, Chung Tai Lee, Kyoung-Uk Lee

Affiliations

  1. Department of Psychiatry, Seoul St. Mary's Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
  2. International Health Care Center, Seoul St. Mary's Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
  3. Department of Psychiatry, Uijeongbu St. Mary's Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea College of Medicine, Uijeongbu, Korea.

PMID: 26243851 PMCID: PMC4540032 DOI: 10.9758/cpn.2015.13.2.212

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.

Keywords: Depression; Duloxetine; Overactive urinary bladder; Stress urinary incontinence; Treatment

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