We investigated the efficacy of oral desmopressin in the treatment of adult nocturia. In an analytical study between 2007-2009 in Zahedan-Iran, Thirty patients ≥55 years with verified nocturia (≥two voids/night) were enrolled. Patients with a history of an obstructive cause of nocturia, those with diseases getting worse by the anti-diuretic affect of desmopressin and those with well-defined cur...

Sir, A 64-year-old man had longstanding essential hypertension without target organ damage and mild benign prostatic hypertrophy treated with alfuzocin 2.5mg qd and associated with nocturia once a night. He was otherwise healthy and blood pressure was well controlled (125/80mmHg) by long-term treatment with enalapril (20mg bid), losartan 50mg/hydrochlorothiazide 12.5mg qd, metoprolol 200mg qd (...

OBJECTIVE To compare the efficacy of two α1 -adrenoceptor antagonists, α1D -adrenoceptor-selective naftopidil (Naf) 75 mg and α1A -adrenoceptor-selective tamsulosin hydrochloride (Tam) 0.2 mg, for the treatment of lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) in men with benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH). METHODS Seventy-seven patients with LUTS secondary to BPH were enrolled. Data were gathered from ...

A consensus statement published in 2011 summarised current research, clinical approaches, and treatment options for nocturia. Since that time, new research has refined our understanding of nocturia in clinically important ways and new evidence has been presented on the efficacy and outcomes of several treatment methods for this underreported, infrequently recognised, and undertreated problem in...

To investigate the efficacy and safety of desmopressin in patients with mixed nocturia, Patients aged ≥ 18 yr with mixed nocturia (≥ 2 voids/night and a nocturnal polyuria index [NPi] >33% and a nocturnal bladder capacity index [NBCi] >1) were recruited. The optimum dose of oral desmopressin was determined during a 3-week dose-titration period and the determined dose was maintained for 4 weeks....

INTRODUCTION We investigated the efficacy, safety, and impact of desmopressin on quality of sleep in treating nocturnal polyuria in elderly women. METHODS We recruited 60 women over 60 years old with lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS), including nocturia, and with nocturnal polyuria. Nocturnal polyuria was defined as nighttime urine production exceeding 33% of the 24-hour total urine volume ...