For patients with interstitial cystitis (IC), longer cystoscopic hydrodistention (HD) times may result in improved efficacy ...

This informational guide, part of POPSUGAR's Condition Center, lays out the realities of this health concern: what it is, what it can look like, and strategies that medical experts say are proven to ...

Elise Kozal spent the better part of her college years with a burning bladder and urethra—a sensation that would send her to the bathroom constantly only to feel, frustratingly, as if she could never ...

STAMFORD, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Imbrium Therapeutics L.P. (“Imbrium”), a subsidiary of Purdue Pharma L.P. (“Purdue”), has achieved last patient last visit in its Phase 1b study of the ...

March 3, 2011 — A greater understanding of interstitial cystitis/bladder pain syndrome (IC/BPS) has led to the development of the first-ever clinical guideline on the diagnosis and treatment of the ...

Antiviral treatment with intravesical interferon provides better pain reduction in women with interstitial cystitis over 6 months compared with intravesical hyaluronic acid. Women with interstitial ...

There were days, sometimes weeks, when Ashlee Lunsford barely left her bed. Pain pulsed through her body and her depression and anxiety rose as her health spiraled downward. The only thing getting ...

Pain control was achieved by TUF in 70.0 percent of 240 patients; 18 patients underwent cystectomy for intractable pain. (HealthDay News) — For patients with interstitial cystitis (IC), transurethral ...

Interstitial cystitis symptoms may worsen during pregnancy, but in some people, they may stay the same or improve. During pregnancy, people with IC may experience a change in their IC symptoms, or ...