title: LUTS treatment: future treatment options.
abstract: Lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) are commonly divided into storage, voiding, and postmicturition symptoms, and may occur in both men and women. Male LUTS have historically been linked to benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), but are not necessarily prostate related. The focus of treatment for LUTS has thus shifted from the prostate to the bladder and other extraprostatic sites. LUTS include symptoms of the overactive bladder (OAB), which are often associated with detrusor overactivity. Treatment for LUTS suggestive of BPH has traditionally involved the use of alpha(1)-adrenoceptor (AR) antagonists; 5alpha-reductase inhibitors; and phytotherapy-however, several new therapeutic principles have shown promise. Selective beta(3)-adrenoceptor agonists and antimuscarinics are potentially useful agents for treating LUTS, particularly for storage symptoms secondary to outflow obstruction. Other agents of potential or actual importance are antagonists of P2X(3) receptors, botulinum toxin type A, endothelin (ET)-converting enzyme inhibitors, and drugs acting at vanilloid, angiotensin, and vitamin D(3) receptor sites. Drugs interfering with the nitric oxide/cGMP-cAMP pathway, Rho-kinase and COX inhibitors, as well as drugs targeting receptors and mechanisms within the CNS, are also of interest and deserving of further study for the treatment of LUTS.
authors: Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston Salem, North Carolina 27157, USA. Karl-Eric.Andersson@med.lu.se
authors: K-E
authors: KE
authors: Andersson
mesh_terms: D058668:Adrenergic alpha-1 Receptor Antagonists; D058667:Adrenergic beta-3 Receptor Agonists; D000818:Animals; D042944:Cholestenone 5 alpha-Reductase / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors*; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011470:Prostatic Hyperplasia / Q000150:complications*; D053201:Urinary Bladder, Overactive / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology
chemical_list: D058668:Adrenergic alpha-1 Receptor Antagonists; D058667:Adrenergic beta-3 Receptor Agonists; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors; D042944:Cholestenone 5 alpha-Reductase