TITLE:
Oral Desmopressin in the Management of Adults with Nocturia
AUTHORS:
Shahram Gooran, Sevil Nasirmohtaram, Mohammad Ghasem Mohseni, Behzad Narouie
KEYWORDS:
Nocturia, Desmopressin, Arginine Vasopressin
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Urology,
Vol.1 No.4,
October
31,
2011
ABSTRACT: 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 curable causes (e.g. cystitis) were excluded. Patients received 0.2 mg of oral desmopressin at bed time for a period of 3 weeks. p