[The use of desmopressin as an alternative in the treatment of nycturia in patients with benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH)].

OBJECTIVE

Evaluating in patients with benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), the effects of a synthetic analog of vasopressin (Desmopressin) in the nycturia.

METHODS

20 patients with BPH, with a mean age of 68 years that they referred marked nycturia of 4 to 10 voiding episodes in the night, they were subject treatment with Desmopressin 20 mcg given intranasally before bedtime.

RESULTS

The nycturia diminishes in the patient, the volume of evacuated urine diminishes but in the night that in the day. They were not observed side effects.

CONCLUSIONS

The desmopressin is an alternative but in the aid to the patient with BPH that they presented a marked nycturia.