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Table 5 Extent of mono- and combination drug therapy use in the female LUTS (including OAB) sub-cohort

From: The use of mono- and combination drug therapy in men and women with lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) in the UK: a retrospective observational study

Monotherapy

N

% of monotherapy patients

% of all patients in female OAB sub-cohort

% of all female patients

Any OAB drug monotherapy

26,338

100.0

90.5

85.6

Any antimuscarinic monotherapy

24,263

92.1

83.4

78.8

Solifenacin

10,083

38.3

34.7

32.8

Oxybutynin

7852

29.8

27.0

25.5

Tolterodine

4020

15.3

13.8

13.1

Mirabegron

2075

7.9

7.1

6.7

Fesoterodine

1173

4.5

4.0

3.8

Trospium

754

2.9

2.6

2.4

Darifenacin

209

0.8

0.7

0.7

Flavoxate

96

0.4

0.3

0.3

Propiverine

76

0.3

0.3

0.2

Combination drug therapy

N

% of combination drug therapy patients

% of all patients in female OAB sub-cohort

% of all female patients

All combination drug therapy

2756

100.0

9.5

9.0

Any ≥ 2 OAB drugs

2621

95.1

9.0

8.5

Mirabegron + any antimuscarinic

788

28.6

2.7

2.6

Any ≥ 2 antimuscarinics (± mirabegron)

1847

67.0

6.3

6.0

Duloxetine + any OAB drug

144

5.2

0.5

0.5

Solifenacin + tolterodine

507

18.4

1.7

1.6

Oxybutynin + solifenacin

458

16.6

1.6

1.5

Mirabegron + solifenacin

417

15.1

1.4

1.4

Fesoterodine + solifenacin

174

6.3

0.6

0.6

Oxybutynin + tolterodine

174

6.3

0.6

0.6

Other combinations

1026

37.2

3.5

3.3

Drug class

N

% of all patient in OAB sub-cohort

% of all female patients

Any OAB drug

29,094

100

94.5

Any antimuscarinic

27,010

92.8

87.7

Total mirabegron

2972

10.2

9.7

  1. LUTS: lower urinary tract symptoms; OAB: overactive bladder