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Treatments & Procedures - Non-surgical

Botox Bladder Injection

Authored by: Jane L. Miller
Last updated: March 22, 2006

Overview

Botox Bladder Injection is used to treat refractory urge incontinence that is not responsive to medical management such as detrol, ditropan, vesicare, enablex, sanctura. Botox is short for botulinum toxin A, and paralyzes muscle locally. It has recently been described to treat urge incontience in men and women. Urologist injection a total of 300u into 30 site within the wall of the bladder. Enough muscle is paralyzed to eliminate the involuntary contractions of the bladder.

Medications

Detrol, Ditropan

Considerations

Any patient who is not responding to oral medication therapy for UUI should consider this therapy. Talk to your urologist about this.

Effectiveness

Botox bladder injection is very effective, as many as 90% of patients are significantly improved.

Risk

Urinary retention is a side effect of botox injection, talk with your doctor about this if you are consider this form of treatment.

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