Micturition is a complex process, and due to the excretion of drug metabolites in the urine, the bladder is susceptible to the adverse side effects of drugs. This may result in multiple complications, including urinary retention. Research has suggested that in an individual, up to 10% of urinary retention episodes can be drug-induced. Drugs such as antipsychotics, antidepressants, anticholinergic respiratory agents, opioids, anesthetics, alpha-adrenoreceptor antagonists, benzodiazepines, NSAIDs, detrusor relaxants, and calcium channel antagonists can result in urinary retention.
Additionally, comorbidities like benign prostatic hyperplasia can result in increased vulnerability to drug-induced urinary retention, especially in the elderly. Which of the following drugs is associated with urinary retention? Source : Statpearls *This question is exclusively from the Docplexus Editorial…
