[Drugs and urinary incontinence : Should we consider it ?].

Urinary incontinence is a common urological condition. It is classified into several subtypes, among which most frequently encountered are stress, urgency and mixed incontinence. Urinary continence depends on many physiological factors, some of which can potentially be influenced by numerous medications. The most commonly implicated drugs in urinary incontinency are antipsychotics, antidepressants, benzodiazepines, alpha blockers, diuretics, and hormone replacement therapy for menopause. Although the prescription of these types of drugs continues to increase, their effect on continence has received little attention from prescribers.