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Repeat Botox treatments appear OK for urinary incontinence

Posted: Mon Oct 07, 2013 4:06 am
by MSUK
Repeat Botox treatments appear OK for urinary incontinence in MS patients

Long-term treatment with serial onabotulinum toxin A (Botox) of urinary incontinence among multiple sclerosis (MS) patients appeared to be safe and effective, researchers reported here.

Daily urinary incontinence episodes due to neurogenic detrusor overactivity dropped dramatically with the 200-unit dose of onabotulinum toxin A from 4.8 episodes a day to an average of about one a day, said Jalesh Panicker, MBBS, MD, from the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery in London, and colleagues...........Read More - http://www.ms-uk.org/botox