Anticholinergics for urinary incontinence

The effect has been scientifically proven.
Anticholinergic drugs are highly effective medications that are used to treat an unstable bladder musculature in incontinence. They are also called anticonvulsants, or antispasmodics. Their effectiveness has been clearly demonstrated in scientific studies. In particular, for urge incontinence or overactive bladder in a, anticholinergics are combined with a systematic toilet training to standard therapies.


The ability of the muscle contraction is inhibited.
Through drugs, the bladder muscle is prevented from contraction. It works like this: In every person be released by pulses of bladder control center in the brain to the nerve endings in the bladder to acetylcholine. Acetylcholine binds to specific receptors in the bladder muscles. If the momentum so strong that occupies the entire bladder muscle acetylcholine receptors, so the bladder muscle contraction and it comes to empty the bladder. The drugs - anticholinergic - now occupy these receptors in the muscles. Thus, the substance can no longer be bound acetylcholine and the contractility of the muscles is inhibited.


These agents are approved in Germany.
Today, there are a number of substances, which all work under this same principle. In Germany, these are drugs with active ingredients:

    Oxybutinin
    Propiverine
    Tolterodine
    Trospium chloride


The action unfolds not specific.
Because acetylcholine not only at the bladder muscle, but also in other areas of the body acts, it comes with the intake of anticholinergic side effects may be because the drugs also limit their effect not only on the bladder muscles.


Side effects can occur.
Common side effects include dry mouth, rapid and irregular heartbeat, stomach upset, constipation, and impairment of near vision. The side effects can be different depending on the medication. Therefore, sometimes a change of medications eliminate the troublesome side effects and those affected can still continue to occupy the active substance. At the moment, running a variety of scientific research ranks in order to develop one specific to the bladder muscles acting anticholinergic.


The bubble reached a larger capacity.
Due to the strong anticholinergic activity of the bladder muscle is reduced. This increases the capacity of the bladder. These people should not go to the toilet more often. With appropriate toilet training becomes easier to plan the daily schedule, because the bladder is always better to control.