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methenamine and Urinary Incontinence

methenamine has been researched along with Urinary Incontinence in 1 studies

Methenamine: An anti-infective agent most commonly used in the treatment of urinary tract infections. Its anti-infective action derives from the slow release of formaldehyde by hydrolysis at acidic pH. (From Martindale, The Extra Pharmacopoeia, 30th ed, p173)
hexamethylenetetramine : A polycyclic cage that is adamantane in which the carbon atoms at positions 1, 3, 5 and 7 are replaced by nitrogen atoms.

Urinary Incontinence: Involuntary loss of URINE, such as leaking of urine. It is a symptom of various underlying pathological processes. Major types of incontinence include URINARY URGE INCONTINENCE and URINARY STRESS INCONTINENCE.

Research Excerpts

ExcerptRelevanceReference
"Catheterized patients with heavy bacteriuria and short catheter life received a short-course of antimicrobial therapy and then were allocated at random to double-blind treatment for 5 months with methenamine hippurate (MH), 1 g three times daily, or placebo 1 g 3 times daily."5.05Randomized double-blind study of prophylactic methenamine hippurate treatment of patients with indwelling catheters. ( Gippert, H; Lundbeck, K; Norberg, A; Norberg, B; Parkhede, U, 1980)

Research

Studies (1)

TimeframeStudies, this research(%)All Research%
pre-19901 (100.00)18.7374
1990's0 (0.00)18.2507
2000's0 (0.00)29.6817
2010's0 (0.00)24.3611
2020's0 (0.00)2.80

Authors

AuthorsStudies
Norberg, A1
Norberg, B1
Parkhede, U1
Gippert, H1
Lundbeck, K1

Trials

1 trial available for methenamine and Urinary Incontinence

ArticleYear
Randomized double-blind study of prophylactic methenamine hippurate treatment of patients with indwelling catheters.
    European journal of clinical pharmacology, 1980, Volume: 18, Issue:6

    Topics: Aged; Anti-Bacterial Agents; Bacteriuria; Catheters, Indwelling; Clinical Trials as Topic; Dementia;

1980