Lower urinary tract function was studied in patients with Parkinson's disease. A significant proportion of patients receiving levodopa manifested clinical and radiological evidence of bladder outlet obstruction. We believe that neuropharmacologic bladder neck obstruction may be caused by the alpha-adrenergic properties of the metabolites of levodopa.
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