Botox for Urinary issues post RP

[SooHwa99]

I am nearly 16 months post RP, April 1st 2019. Started salvage radiation January 2020, 38 treatments with a six month run of ADT. I still have urgency and occasional leakage. I wear one thin pad a day usually and a depends at night. I have stopped even bothering with Kegels as I really haven't noticed any difference at this late juncture. Luckily I normally am able to sleep through the night without awaking. Sometimes it is like a leaky faucet an just drips, drips, drips. I do have marked urgency occasionally. Some days I can barely make my hour commute to work. I do keep a urinal in the car and have had to use it a few times. Other times I am fine.

My urologist has suggested I receive botox injections into my bladder to assist with the urgency and intermittent leakage. I take Ditropan two tabs at night and Mybetriq, one tab in the morning.

I was just wondering if it helped and would you do it again? How uncomfortable was it? I know it isn't a long term solutions and you may have to have more than one injection. How many injections have you had?

Thanks so much!

[tango65]

In studies done in women it was effective but some patients needed transient self catheterization.

Some info:

sci-hub.tw/https://jamanetw...

corporate.dukehealth.org/ne...

health.clevelandclinic.org/...

[j-o-h-n]

See a GOOD urologist who specializes in urine control....

Good Luck, Good Health and Good Humor.

j-o-h-n Tuesday 09/08/2020 6:39 PM DST