Pharmacology and Polypharmacy

This module contains the topics:

• Medications used to treat urinary incontinence
• Medications used to treat faecal incontinence
• Risks associated with polypharmacy
• Reducing inappropriate polypharmacy
• Medications that can adversely affect bladder and/or bowel function

By the end of this module, you should be able to: 

• List medications used to treat urinary incontinence.
• Describe how pharmacology can assist in treating urinary incontinence.
• Recall medications used to treat constipation.
• Recall the risk of polypharmacy.
• Describe medications which adversely affect bladder or bowel function.