LUTS and male sexual dysfunction: the multi-national survey of the aging male (MSAM-7). Line diagram showing change in various assessment parameters in tadalafil and tamsulosin during the study. Moreover, medical treatments for LUTS/BPH are able to significantly impact on sexual function. The same findings were reported for IPSS QoL (combination vs tamsulosin: 2.5 vs 1.8; p<0.05) and visual analogical scale (VAS) (combination vs tamsulosin: 3.7 vs 2.3; p<0.05). In: EAU Guidelines 2020. The UrEpik study. Administration of 5 mg tadalafil daily improves endothelial function in patients with benign prostatic hyperplasia. The exclusion criteria were: (1) nonclinical trials, such as reviews, case reports, and letters, (2) duplicate publication, (3) conference abstracts that lack published full text and contain insufficient data. Mostafa AbdelRazek, Ahmad Abolyosr, Ahmed Hassan, Mohamed Elbadry, Ahmed Issam Ali, Ahmed H. Gabr, Naoki Wada, Noriyuki Abe, Hidehiro Kakizaki, Hiroshi Takahashi, Shinichi Kubono, Masaki Yoshida, Cosimo De Nunzio, Andrea Salonia, Vincenzo Ficarra, Zhongbao Zhou, Yuanshan Cui, Zhenli Gao, Luca Villa, Paolo Capogrosso, Francesco Montorsi, Current Urology Reports IPSS scores, Uroflowmetry parameters and International Index of Erectile Function-5 scores were recorded. There was no significant change in IPSS-total score (P = 0.06), IPSS-storage score (P = 0.60), IPSS-QOL score (P = 0.150), PVR (P = 1.00), cQmax (P = 1.00) and IIEF score (P = 0.19) with Tamsulosin [Table 2]. Which drug to discontinue 3 months after combination therapy of tadalafil plus tamsulosin for men with lower urinary tract symptom and erectile dysfunction? The effect of period, sequence and their interaction with treatment were also evaluated. For simplistic representation, erectile function outcomes which was one of the secondary outcomes, is represented along with various IPSS parameters. Liguori G, Trombetta C, De Giorgi G, Pomara G, Maio G, Vecchio D, et al. 2019;72 (1):44-50. doi: 10.5173/ceju.2019.1570. 2008;5(9):21708. Whether they are safe and effective when combined is still under investigation. Moreover, the proven action on smooth muscle cell tone strengthen, from a physiological point of view, the beneficial effect of tadalafil on LUTS. in 2018. Myalgia, headache, backpain, nasopharyngitis, and dizziness were the most common TEAEs reported. From 335 screened articles, 7 studies (totalling 1601 patients) were finally included in our analysis. "Effects of once-daily tadalafil on erectile function in men with erectile dysfunction and signs and symptoms of benign prostatic hyperplasia. published the results of an RCT aimed to evaluate treatment satisfaction with daily tadalafil 5mg or tamsulosin 0.4mg compared with placebo in men with LUTS/BPH. Combination therapy of tadalafil 5mg and tamsulosin 0.4mg allows a further improvement of urinary symptoms and ED, against a higher rate of TAEs. Both storage and voiding IPSS subscores were significantly improved too. Moreover, tadalafil 5mg (1.7, p=0.021), but not tadalafil 2.5mg (1.5; p=0.072), significantly improved IPSS storage subscore compared with placebo, and a similar reduction was observed with tamsulosin 0.2mg (1.70.2) [25]. Meta-analysis of IIEF scores with tadalafil vs. tamsulosin. Alfuzosin is a time-release formulation, so a single 10-mg tablet is taken once a day immediately after a meal. Unpaired t-test and Chi-square test were applied as appropriate. The efficacy and safety outcomes of tadalafil alone or in combination with tamsulosin are shown in Table 3. At the end of the trials, all patients preferred the combination treatment period. enrolled 151 Korean men, randomly assigned to receive once daily tadalafil 5mg, tamsulosin 0.2mg, or placebo for 12weeks. A total of 25 articles were included in this review; 9 studies evaluated tadalafil compared with placebo, 7 tadalafil vs tamsulosin, and 9 combination therapy with tadalafil plus tamsulosin vs monotherapy or placebo. The most common AEs were headache and back pain [17]. Tamsulosin is one of the most prescribed 1-blockers as first line therapy for LUTS associated with benign prostatic enlargement (BPE) or obstruction (BPO) and one of the leading comparators in clinical trials. Efficacy and safety of tadalafil 5 mg once-daily in Asian men with both lower urinary tract symptoms associated with benign prostatic hyperplasia and erectile dysfunction: a phase 3, randomized, double-blind, parallel, placebo- and tamsulosin-controlled s. Int J Urol. Eur Urol. published a 12-week placebo-controlled dose-finding RCT with a 42-week open-label extension. There was significant change in IPSS-total score (P = 0.00), IPSS-voiding score (P = 0.00), IPSS-QOL score (P = 0.00) and in IIEF-5 scores (P = 0.02) with Tamsulosin. Bechara A, Romano S, Casabe A, Haime S, Dedola P, Hernandez C, et al. 2007;29(1):1725. sharing sensitive information, make sure youre on a federal World J Urol. Bortz WM, 2nd, Wallace DH, Wiley D. Sexual function in 1,202 aging males: Differentiating aspects. [1,2] Although a causal link between LUTS and ED is not well established, four main pathophysiological mechanisms, with varying degrees of overlap currently support this relationship. 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Effect of tadalafil on male lower urinary tract symptoms: An integrated analysis of storage and voiding international prostate symptom subscores from four randomised controlled trials. Five patients (45.45%) out of eleven patients showed marked improvement in their IIEF score (change >3 score) in period 1 with Tadalafil (A1). Several studies have focused on the efficacy of combination therapy with tadalafil and tamsulosin in managing LUTS and ED simultaneously [14,31], and the results revealed that combination therapy was superior to monotherapy (tamsulosin). This work is licensed under Creative Common Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (, Adrenergic alpha-1 Receptor Antagonists, Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms, Phosphodiesterase 5 Inhibitors, Prostatic Hyperplasia. A comparative randomized prospective study to evaluate efficacy and safety of combination of tamsulosin and tadalafil. Always in 2012, Takeda et al. Efficacy and safety of a fixed-dose combination therapy of tamsulosin and tadalafil for patients with lower urinary tract symptoms and erectile dysfunction: results of a randomized, double-blinded, active-controlled trial. The combination of daily tadalafil 5 mg and tamsulosin 0.4 mg allows a better improvement of LUTS compared with both the monotherapies, even if with an increased, but acceptable and tolerated, adverse events rate. Moreover, this combination may also be easily adapted to patients needs. Only tadalafil 5mg showed a significant least squares (LS) mean difference in total IPSS compared with placebo (=1.2; p=0.035). Fibbi B, Morelli A, Vignozzi L, Filippi S, Chavalmane A, De Vita G, et al. How it works Upsides Downsides Bottom Line Tips Response/effectiveness Interactions 1. Tadalafil, as a long-acting PDE-5 inhibitor, is believed to increase activity of the NO/cGMP pathway and subsequently exert a positive effect on lower urinary tract function [2628], but existing studies comparing tadalafil and tamsulosin were all RCTs with short treatment duration (the duration of each study in this meta-analysis was 12 weeks). Oelke M, Giuliano F, Baygani SK, Melby T, Sontag A. The severity of TEAEs was mild to moderate in 96.9% of subjects, being the most common: myalgia, headache, back pain, nasopharyngitis, and dizziness. Kim SC, Park JK, Kim SW, Lee SW, Ahn TY, Kim JJ, et al. The UK is the first country to allow OTC access to Sanofi's tadalafil-based erectile dysfunction drug Cialis following a successful switch. 2002;19(2):13561. The efficacy and safety outcomes of tadalafil 5mg vs tamsulosin are shown in Table 2. All treatments were generally well tolerated, and the most frequent reported TEAEs were dyspepsia, heartburn, headache, flushing, myalgia, and backache [33]. Incidence and prevalence of lower urinary tract symptoms suggestive of benign prostatic hyperplasia in primary care the Triumph project. In sexually active men with both LUTS/BPH and ED, erectile function significantly improved when compared with placebo (IIEF: +6.7 vs +2; p<0.001). J Sex Med. Low Urin Tract Symptoms. The characteristics of the selected articles are listed in Table 1. Interestingly, also a significant improvement of Qmax was observed in both tadalafil (2.4mL/s; p=0.009) and tamsulosin (2.2mL/s; p=0.014) groups. Giuliano F, Oelke M, Jungwirth A, Hatzimouratidis K, Watts S, Cox D, et al. One patient dropped-out because of worsening of LUTS, fatigability, myalgias and orthostatic hypotension, the second one was lost to follow up and the third one discontinued as he was diagnosed as a case of CLL and had febrile illness during the study. Egerdie RB, Auerbach S, Roehrborn CG, Costa P, Garza MS, Esler AL, et al. Evaluation of the long-term safety and effectiveness of tadalafil once daily in Chinese men with erectile dysfunction: interim results of a multicenter, randomized, open-label trial. Dutasteride and tamsulosin combination is used to treat men who have symptoms of an enlarged prostate gland, which is also known as benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH). Sebastianelli, A., Spatafora, P., Morselli, S. et al. Conversely, PdetQmax and bladder outlet obstruction index (BOOI) significantly improved only in the combination arm (13 vs 1.1; p=0.03; 116.8 vs 4.3; p=0.02). PubMed Springer Nature remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. Eur Urol. The mean difference in IPSS-total score, IPSS-voiding score, IPSS-storage score, IPSS-QOL score, PVR, cQmax and IIEF score between Tadalafil and Tamsulosin was 0.03, 0.19, 0.15, 0.26, 21.22, 0.04 and 1.55 respectively. Comparative efficacy assessment of tamsulosin vs. tamsulosin plus tadalafil in the treatment of LUTS/BPH. However, the improvement was better with combination treatment compared with monotherapy of both drugs. There was significant change in IPSS-total score (P = 0.00), IPSS-voiding score (P = 0.00), IPSS-storage score (P = 0.00), IPSS QOL score (P = 0.00) and IIEF scores (P = 0.02) with Tadalafil. In conclusion, daily tadalafil, in particular at dosage of 5mg, is effective for the treatments of LUTS/BPH and ED. The https:// ensures that you are connecting to the Prostate. Meta-analysis results of 4 studies involving 1264 patients showed that there was no significant difference in improving quality of life between tadalafil and tamsulosin (SMD: 0.07, 95% CI: 1.85 to 1.99, P=0.95, Figure 5). Secondly, the sample size is small and these findings need to be confirmed in a large database for further recommendations. Dmochowski R, Roehrborn C, Klise S, Xu L, Kaminetsky J, Kraus S. Urodynamic effects of once daily tadalafil in men with lower urinary tract symptoms secondary to clinical benign prostatic hyperplasia: a randomized, placebo controlled 12-week clinical trial. Effects of tadalafil on lower urinary tract symptoms secondary to benign prostatic hyperplasia in men with or without erectile dysfunction. Roehrborn CG, McVary KT, Elion-Mboussa A, Viktrup L. Tadalafil administered once daily for lower urinary tract symptoms secondary to benign prostatic hyperplasia: a dose finding study. Int J Urol. ", Porst, Hartmut, Kevin T. McVary, Francesco Montorsi, Peter Sutherland, Albert Elion-Mboussa, Anne M. Wolka, and Lars Viktrup. A systematic review and meta-analysis on the use of phosphodiesterase 5 inhibitors alone or in combination with -blockers for lower urinary tract symptoms due to benign prostatic hyperplasia. There was significant change in IPSS-voiding score (P = 0.02) with Tamsulosin. Quality-of-life impact of lower urinary tract symptom severity: Results from the health professionals follow-up study. in 2019 compared to baseline; after 12weeks, total (combination vs tadalafil: 7 vs 5.2, p=0.08), voiding, storage (3 vs 3.1, p=0.08), and QoL (1.8 vs 1.3, p=0.3) IPSS significantly improved in both groups. Andersson KE, de Groat WC, McVary KT, et al. There was no significant change in IPSS-storage (P = 0.10), PVR (1.00) and cQmax (P = 1.00) with Tamsulosin. Matsukawa, Yoshihisa, Shun Takai, Tsuyoshi Majima, Yasuhito Funahashi, Naoto Sassa, Masashi Kato, Tokunori Yamamoto, and Momokazu Gotoh. However, it could also be due to the continued effect of the drug even after complete washout. A total of 281 men with a history of LUTS due to BPH for at least 6months were randomly assigned (1:1) to take placebo for 12weeks or tadalafil 5mg daily for 6weeks and a dose escalation to 20mg for the subsequent 6weeks. Broderick GA, Brock GB, Roehrborn CG, Watts SD, Elion-Mboussa A, Viktrup L, et al. Objective impacts of tadalafil on storage and voiding function in male patients with benign prostatic hyperplasia: 1-year outcomes from a prospective urodynamic study. LUTS, evaluated by International Prostate Symptom Score (IPSS), were significantly improved in tadalafil arm at 6 (2.8 vs 1.2 IPSS points) and 12weeks (3.8 vs 1.7). In order to assess the residual effect of treatment, period effect and sequence effect were analyzed. 2009;151:2649, W64. ED was assessed by a self administered IIEF-5 questionnaire. Combination of doxazosin and sildenafil exerts an additive relaxing effect compared with each compound alone on human cavernosal and prostatic tissue. Two patients had myalgia's, one had calf pain, one complained of decreased seminal volume and one patient developed herpes zoster during the study while on tadalafil. All patients entered into a 2 week of placebo (P2) lead-in period before randomization, irrespective of their previous alpha blocker intake or drug naive status. Slider with three articles shown per slide. PubMedGoogle Scholar. Treatment effect of Tadalafil and Tamsulosin considering both the periods. J Sex Med. Studies 4 points were classified as high quality. J Urol. Save 2.20. Authors However, 11.59% of men reported at least one TEAE in the extension period. A total of 909 Asian men were randomized in a 2:2:1 proportion to receive for 12weeks tadalafil 5mg (n=363), placebo (n=361), or tamsulosin 0.2mg (n=185). The use of a single daily dose of tadalafil to treat signs and symptoms of benign prostatic hyperplasia and erectile dysfunction. 2007;148(3):101929. All the available evidence shows that the occurrence of TEAEs is low and most of patients are satisfied by this treatment. The observation that when tadalafil was crossed over to tamsulosin, there was a significant improvement in IPSS voiding, while when tamsulosin was changed over to tadalafil there was a significant improvement in IIEF score over the, hints about predominant effect of these two classes of drugs. Wei JT, Calhoun E, Jacobsen SJ. Pros Considered a first-choice treatment option for BPH Oral medication that you only have to take once a day Available as a lower-cost generic Less likely to cause a sudden drop in blood pressure upon standing, compared to similar medications Cons Use the Previous and Next buttons to navigate the slides or the slide controller buttons at the end to navigate through each slide. The IPSS consists of 7 questions assessing urinary symptoms and QoL, and is divided into voiding subscores (obstructive subscores) and storage subscores (irritative subscores). Flomax Your Doctor What is BPH? CAS 2017;14(8):101827. Assuming a 20% loss to follow-up the total sample size required for the cross-over study was 30. Sexual disorders and their related bother has been found to correlate strongly with age and the severity of LUTS, independent of the other co-morbidities. Change in lower urinary tract symptoms parameters between two baselines for the treatment groups (2 weeks and 12 weeks). Population based and longitudinal studies have shown a strong correlation between erectile dysfunction (ED) and lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) secondary to BPH. The quality assessment results of the 7 selected studies are shown in Table 2. Triumph Pan European Expert Panel. Singh DV, Mete UK, Mandal AK, Singh SK. Flomax (tamsulosin) Prescription only Cialis is used to treat erectile dysfunction (ED) and to reduce symptoms of benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH). [14] Since the IPSS and IIEF are subjective perception scores, they remained elevated even during the placebo washout period and did not return to baseline. Takeda M, Yokoyama O, Lee SW, Murakami M, Morisaki Y, Viktrup L. Tadalafil 5 mg once-daily therapy for men with lower urinary tract symptoms suggestive of benign prostatic hyperplasia: results from a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial carried out in Japan and Korea. Always in 2019, the same group evaluated the impact of tadalafil 5mg or tamsulosin 0.4mg discontinuation after 12weeks of combination therapy. Preclinical evidence demonstrated that penile tissue, along with bladder and prostate, is enriched of PDE5, thus rendering these tissues the preferential targets of PDE5 inhibitors and susceptible to their beneficial effects. Inclusion in an NLM database does not imply endorsement of, or agreement with, Second, positive effects with tadalafil on voiding and storage scores were also confirmed by our analysis, as were the improvements in postvoid residual urine (WMD: 4.24, 95% CI: 1.74 to 10.22) and maximum flow rate (SMD: 0.59, 95% CI: 1.73 to 0.54). Tadalafil for the treatment of lower urinary tract symptoms secondary to benign prostatic hyperplasia: Pathophysiology and mechanism(s) of action. And the fourth follow-up was at 18 weeks. The relationship between erectile dysfunction and lower urinary tract symptoms and the role of phosphodiesterase type 5 inhibitors. Quality of life is important for aging men, and one way to improve it is effectively treating senile male diseases. All selected articles were published in English. Naslund MJ, Miner M. A review of the clinical efficacy and safety of 5alpha-reductase inhibitors for the enlarged prostate. 2014;21(7):6705. Larger prospective randomized studies in Asian men with LUTS are required to identify the patient related parameters that may predict a better response with one drug over the other. Headache, nasopharyngitis, back pain, and dizziness were the most frequent TEAEs [37]. European urology61, no. However, storage IPSS (+0.24 vs +1.2, p=0.04) and IIEF (1.6 vs 4.4, p=0.003) were significantly better in the tadalafil group, conversely, Qmax in the tamsulosin group (2.41 vs 0.25, p=0.001) [38]. Evaluation of tadalafil effect on lower urinary tract symptoms of benign prostatic hyperplasia in patients treated with standard medication. China. Tadalafil is superior to tamsulosin in treating LUTS suggestive of BPH when associated with erectile dysfunction (ED). After baseline, the first follow-up visit was at the end of 2 weeks of placebo lead-in period. Mean difference (MD) and 95% confidence interval (CI) were calculated. However, the balance between efficacy and tolerability represents the crucial point for the treatment of LUTS due to BPH and ED [12]. Interestingly, several recent studies have found that tadalafil can relieve both storage and voiding symptoms [11,12], and an increasing number of studies have focused on comparing the efficacy of tadalafil versus tamsulosin in the treatment of LUTS. 2009;56(4):72735. Erectile dysfunction and lower urinary tract symptoms associated with benign prostatic hyperplasia (LUTS/BPH) combined responders to tadalafil after 12 weeks of treatment. Larger sample sizes and longer-duration clinical trials are needed to adequately compare the effectiveness of tadalafil vs. tamsulosin in improving LUTS. Next, the same 2 authors each read the full texts of the screened articles to confirm whether they met the inclusion criteria. Urol J. We did not evaluate the prostate size of the patients during enrollment and we do not know how this variable might have influenced the efficacy of drugs in improving LUTS/BPH. Zhang Z, Li H, Zhang X, Dai Y, Park HJ, Jiann B-P, et al. The same findings were reported for the other efficacy outcomes evaluated, concluding that larger studies in Asian men were needed [24]. The present systematic review provides a comprehensive evaluation of the comparative effectiveness of tadalafil vs. tamsulosin in treating lower urinary tract symptoms secondary to benign prostate hyperplasia. A detailed medical history including history of present medication, general and systemic examination, basic laboratory investigations-hematology, renal function tests, urine analysis, Serum prostate-specific antigen values and urine culture were performed and recorded in the case record form. Endocrinology. As a first-line treatment for ED, tadalafil has been recently gaining popularity for managing LUTS secondary to BPH. BPH and sexual dysfunction is often co-existent in ageing males. Therefore, our study compared the clinical efficacy of tadalafil versus tamsulosin in treating LUTS, based on existing evidence. The mechanism of action of phosphodiesterase type 5 inhibitors in the treatment of lower urinary tract symptoms related to benign prostatic hyperplasia. Tadalafil administered once daily for treatment of lower urinary tract symptoms in Korean men with benign prostatic hyperplasia: Results from a placebo-controlled pilot study using tamsulosin as an active control. Total, storage, and voiding IPSS were significantly improved compared to baseline in all the 3 arms, being significantly better in the combination group (all p<0.05). This report shows that tadalafil monotherapy, after 12weeks of combination therapy, allows to retain the improvement of storage symptoms and erectile function. Otherwise, IIEF was significantly improved from baseline only in the 2 tadalafil arms. Moreover, PDE5is proved to be effective also for the treatment of LUTS in several preclinical and clinical trials, since they were found to be able to increase oxygenation and blood supply, reduce intraprostatic inflammation, and reduce the smooth muscle tone of the lower urinary tract [4,5,6,7]. These interactions may cause worsening side effects, including low blood pressure. reported 1-year outcomes from a prospective urodynamic study. A dose-finding study was published in 2008 [15]. Blocking specific receptors (e.g., alpha receptor, phosphodiesterase type-5) can relax smooth muscle in the prostate and bladder neck, which results in improved urinary flow and amelioration of LUTS [9,10]. Google Scholar. 2014;114(4):56875. Boyle P, Robertson C, Mazzetta C, et al. However, there is no consensus regarding the association between the size of the prostate and severity of LUTS. [3] Several studies have been conducted in men presenting with LUTS consistent with benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH-LUTS) with and without concomitant ED to determine whether phosphodiesterase type 5 inhibitors (PDEIs) are effective for the treatment of symptomatic BPH. government site. How it works Tamsulosin is used to improve urine flow in men with benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) (also called an enlarged prostate gland). To see which sequence AB or BA was better, repeated measure ANOVA was applied between group AB and BA. Aim of our systematic review is to evaluate and summarize the efficacy and safety of tadalafil alone or in combination with tamsulosin for the management of lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS)/benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) and erectile dysfunction (ED). Third, as the LUTS parameters did not return to baseline during the 4 week placebo wash out period, the treatment effect in period 2 (12 weeks to 18 weeks) could not be specifically evaluated. When crossed over to Tadalafil (A2), three patients continued to have >3 point improvement, nine patients failed to attain the 3 point improvement and three previous nonresponders (3/5; 60%) became responders. HHS Vulnerability Disclosure, Help Nevertheless, tadalafil, but not tamsulosin, was able to significantly improve IPSS QoL Index and Treatment Satisfaction ScaleBPH compared with placebo (both p<0.05 vs both p>0.1). "Critical analysis of the relationship between sexual dysfunctions and lower urinary tract symptoms due to benign prostatic hyperplasia." published the results of the first randomized clinical trial (RCT) on the use of tadalafil to treat LUTS due to BPH [14]. Pogula, Vedamurthy Reddy, Lalith Sagar Kadiyala, Vijayabhaskar Reddy Gouru, Sivasankar Reddy Challa, Ranadheer Byram, and Sudeep Bodduluri. Efficacy and safety of 5 alpha-reductase inhibitor monotherapy in patients with benign prostatic hyperplasia: a meta-analysis. J Sex Med. Recently, Matsukawa et al. Rosen R, OLeary M, Altwein J, Boyle P, Giuliano F, Kirby R, et al. Benign enlargement of the prostate is a problem that can occur in men as they get older. Google Scholar. Symptoms of ED include. Evidence directly evaluating the efficacy of tadalafil vs. tamsulosin for lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) secondary to benign prostate hyperplasia (BPH) is limited. However, despite their efficacy in treating LUTS, their side effects, above all on sexual function, are mainly detrimental [2, 38, 40,41,42]. the contents by NLM or the National Institutes of Health. Morelli A, Comeglio P, Filippi S, Sarchielli E, Vignozzi L, Maneschi E, et al. An RCT from Iran was published in 2016 enrolling 61 patients with LUTS/BPH and ED for each arm, randomly selected to receive daily tadalafil 20mg or daily tamsulosin 0.4mg or combination of the 2 drugs for 12weeks. "Tadalafil vs. tamsulosin in the treatment of lower urinary tract symptoms secondary to benign prostatic hyperplasia: a prospective, randomized study." Besides the IPSS, maximum flow rate (Qmax) and postvoid residual urine (PVR) are also valid indexes in evaluating urinary function. Pilot study. HHS Vulnerability Disclosure, Help Results of a prospective observational trial. "A systematic review and meta-analysis on the use of phosphodiesterase 5 inhibitors alone or in combination with -blockers for lower urinary tract symptoms due to benign prostatic hyperplasia." The prevalence of lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) in the USA, the UK and Sweden: Results from the Epidemiology of LUTS (EpiLUTS) study. 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