Urinary incontinence: an unrecognised adverse effect with donepezil

Citation
M. Hashimoto et al., Urinary incontinence: an unrecognised adverse effect with donepezil, LANCET, 356(9229), 2000, pp. 568-568
Citations number
4
Categorie Soggetti
General & Internal Medicine","Medical Research General Topics
Journal title
LANCET
ISSN journal
01406736 → ACNP
Volume
356
Issue
9229
Year of publication
2000
Pages
568 - 568
Database
ISI
SICI code
0140-6736(20000812)356:9229<568:UIAUAE>2.0.ZU;2-A
Abstract
Donepezil has been licensed for use in Japan to improve cognitive function since 1999. Among 94 patients with probable Alzheimer's disease who we trea ted with donepezil, seven patients developed urinary incontinence, although this event was transient in most patients.