The nurse should anticipate that a patient diagnosed with spastic bladder dysfunction may be prescribed which of the following medications that will help decrease detrusor muscle tone and increase bladder capacity? Select all that apply
A)
Ditropan (Oxybutynin), an antimuscarinic drug
B)
Detrol LA (tolterodine tartrate), an antimuscarinic drug
C)
Uroxatral (alfuzosin), an ?-adrenergic antagonist
D)
Flomax (tamsulosin), an ?-blocker
E)
Bactrim (sulfamethoxazole and trimethoprim), antibiotics
Ans:
A, B
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Antimuscarinic drugs, such as oxybutynin, tolterodine, and propantheline, decrease detrusor muscle tone and increase bladder capacity in people with spastic bladder dysfunction. Answer choices C and D are medications prescribed for males with BPH.
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