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ArticleEuropean journal of clinical pharmacology2012

Comparative adherence to oxybutynin or tolterodine among older patients.

Tara Gomes, David N Juurlink, Muhammad M Mamdani

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Article in European journal of clinical pharmacology, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Tara GomesThe Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Toronto, ON, Canada. tara.gomes@ices.on.ca
David N Juurlink
Muhammad M Mamdani

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeTo compare persistence of oxybutynin or tolterodine therapy among older patients newly prescribed one of these drugs.

methodsWe conducted a retrospective cohort study of Ontarians aged 66 years and older who were newly prescribed either drug between January 1, 2000 and December 31, 2007. Persistence with treatment was defined on the basis of refills for the drug within a grace period equal to 50% of the prescription duration.

resultsWe identified 31,996 patients newly treated with oxybutynin and 24,855 newly treated with tolterodine. After 2 years of follow-up, persistence on oxybutynin (9.4%) was significantly lower than that on tolterodine (13.6%, p < 0.0001). The median time to discontinuation of oxybutynin and tolterodine was 68 and 128 days, respectively.

conclusionsOur findings suggest that the tolerability of these drugs differs substantially.

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Medication AdherenceAgedAged, 80 and overBenzhydryl CompoundsCohort StudiesCresolsDatabases, FactualDrug PrescriptionsFemaleFollow-Up StudiesHumansMaleMandelic AcidsMuscarinic AntagonistsNational Health ProgramsOntarioBenzhydryl CompoundsCresolsMandelic AcidsMuscarinic AntagonistsoxybutyninPhenylpropanolamineTolterodine Tartrate

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