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Treatment Studies

  • NEW! New Data Presented at American Urological Association Shows Trospium to Have Local Effect in The Bladder Business Wire. 2005 May 23.

  • NEW! Idevus Compound IP 751 Effective in Animal Model of Interstitial Cystitis Business Wire. 2005 Mar;7.

  • Bladder disease: A report based on the smooth muscle function in health and disease satellite meeting to the International Congress of Physiology. Doggrell SA. Drugs Today (Barc). 2001 Dec;37(12):811-814.

  • Interstitial cystitis: a review of current concepts of aetiology, diagnosis and therapy. O AO, et al. Scand J Urol Nephrol. 2003;37(3):253-8.

  • Recent developments in the management of interstitial cystitis. Bouchelouche K, et al. Curr Opin Urol. 2003 Jul;13(4):309-13.

  • Current management of interstitial cystitis. Lukban JC, Whitmore KE, Sant GR. Urol Clin North Am. 2002 Aug;29(3):649-60. Review.

  • Coping strategies in patients with interstitial cystitis: relationships with quality of life and depression. Rothrock NE, Lutgendorf SK, Kreder KJ. J Urol. 2003 Jan;169(1):233-6.

  • Hatha Yoga therapy management of urologic disorders. Ripoll E, Mahowald D. World J Urol. 2002 Nov;20(5):306-9.

  • Interstitial cystitis: a pathophysiology and treatment update. Moldwin RM, Sant GR. Clin Obstet Gynecol. 2002 Mar;45(1):259-72. Review. No Abstract available.

  • Targets for therapy of the painful bladder.Wein AJ, Hanno PM. Urology. 2002 May;59(5 Suppl 1):68-73. Review.

  • Prolonged hydrodistention of the bladder for symptomatic treatment of interstitial cystitis: efficacy at 6 months and 1 year. Glemain P, Riviere C, Lenormand L, Karam G, Bouchot O, Buzelin JM. Eur Urol. 2002 Jan;41(1):79-84.

  • The diagnosis and treatment of interstitial cystitis. Peters KM. Urol Nurs. 2000 Apr;20(2):101-7, 131. Review.

  • Interstitial cystitis: A guide to recognition, evaluation, and management for nurse practitioners. Gray M, Albo M, Huffstutler S. J Wound Ostomy Continence Nurs. 2002 Mar;29(2):93-102.

  • Potential therapeutic targets in the rapidly expanding field of purinergic signalling. Burnstock G. Clin Med. 2002 Jan-Feb;2(1):45-53.

  • Interstitial cystitis: a pathophysiology and treatment update. Moldwin RM, Sant GR. Clin Obstet Gynecol. 2002 Mar;45(1):259-72. Review. No abstract available.

  • Prognosis of conservative therapy of advanced interstitial cystitis: Experience of five cases. Yamada T, Murayama T. Int J Urol. 2001 Dec;8(12):669-74.

  • Practice trends for the management of interstitial cystitis. Gershbaum D, Moldwin R. Urology. 2001 Jun;57(6 Suppl 1):119. No Abstract available.

  • Medical therapy in interstitial cystitis: the essex experience. Lewi H. Urology. 2001 Jun;57(6 Suppl 1):120. No Abstract available.

  • New agents for the medical treatment of interstitial cystitis. Theoharides TC, Sant GR Expert Opin Investig Drugs. 2001 Mar;10(3):521-46.

  • Interstitial cystitis. Etiology, diagnosis, and treatment. Nickel JC. Can Fam Physician. 2000 Dec;46(12):2430-4, 2437-40. Review.

  • [Alternative and complementary therapeutic measures in interstitial cystitis]. Herwig R, Oberpenning F Urologe A. 2000 Nov;39(6):551-3. German.

  • Treatments used in women with interstitial cystitis: the interstitial cystitis data base (ICDB) study experience. The Interstitial Cystitis Data Base Study Group. Rovner E, Propert KJ, Brensinger C, Wein AJ, Foy M, Kirkemo A, Landis JR, Urology. 2000 Dec 20;56(6):940-5.

  • [Value of hydrodistention and bladder training]. Callewaert P, Schmid HP. Urologe A. 2000 Nov;39(6):539-41. German.

  • [Interstitial cystitis: medical treatment]. Vicini D, Real C, Marchetti S. Arch Ital Urol Androl 1999 Dec;71(5):321-5

  • Treatment guidelines for classic and non-ulcer interstitial cystitis. Peeker R, Fall M. Int Urogynecol J Pelvic Floor Dysfunct 2000;11(1):23-32

  • Care of the patient with interstitial cystitis: current theories and management. Burrell M, Hurm R PACU, John C. Lincoln Hospital, Phoenix, AZ, USA: J Perianesth Nurs. 1999 Feb;14(1):17-22.

  • Treatment of refractory interstitial cystitis. Morales A, Emerson L, Nickel JC. Int Urogynecol J Pelvic Floor Dysfunct. 1996;7(4):215-20.

  • TENS: a treatment option for bladder dysfunction. Bristow SE, Hasan ST, Neal DE. Int Urogynecol J Pelvic Floor Dysfunct. 1996;7(4):185-90. Review.

    Other Suggested Readings:

    A Nursing Paradigm for Interstitial Cystitis
    Denise C. Webster, Carol Dalton, and Rita M. Martel
    Grannum R. Sant: Interstitial Cystitis
    Philadelphia: Lippencott-Raven 1997: Chapt: 25


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