Montelukast for symptom control of interstitial cystitis

Annals of Pharmacotherapy

Volumn 45, Issue 9, 2011, Pages

  Traut, Jamie L ^a,b   MacDonald, Erin S ^a,c   Spangler, Mikayla L ^a   Saxena, Shailendra ^d  

^a CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Hy Vee Inc   (United States)

^c Robinson Memorial Hospital   (United States)

^d CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Frequency; Interstitial cystitis; Leukotriene; Montelukast; Singulair

Indexed keywords

MONTELUKAST;

ADULT; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CASE REPORT; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DYSURIA; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; INTERSTITIAL CYSTITIS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SYMPTOM; URINARY URGENCY;

ACETATES; CYSTITIS, INTERSTITIAL; HUMANS; LEUKOTRIENE ANTAGONISTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUINOLINES; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, PERENNIAL; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, SEASONAL;

EID: 80052444420     PISSN: 10600280     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1345/aph.1Q130     Document Type: Article

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