Hi all,
Saw my urogyne today. This is my 3rd time seeing him since last spring and I have to say I feel lucky as he was just an HMO referral from my doctor but has worked out well. He is calm, soft spoken and open to different treatment options. He has had the most success with instillations of marcaine, heparin and kenalog. He said its a very soothing instillation and is super successful in treating his patients with it. He mentioned DMSO but said it is quite irritating to some people but can be successful. He likes to start with the soothing ones first.
I told him I'd like to try oral meds first and he was totally fine with that so I am starting elmiron 2x a day 100mg each. Is this what most of you are taking? He said generally if he was to treat 10 patients with it, 4 of them would have success. Some swear by it so its worth trying. Because I'm a mild case I am hoping I will be one of them and not have hair loss. He also said in 10 years he has probably only had 2 patients who had hair loss and had to discontinue use because of it. He thinks if I don't feel a change in 3 months it probably won't work. Is that true for most of you? or did it take longer?He thinks in addition to mild IC I also have oab so we're trying the newer drug toviaz. I've been using vesicare and it works for me but is so drying to my eyes I can't take it every day. He does not think they are of the same diagnosis but I know some doctors do. I personally think they go together but only time and research will correct me on that one.
Saw my urogyne today. This is my 3rd time seeing him since last spring and I have to say I feel lucky as he was just an HMO referral from my doctor but has worked out well. He is calm, soft spoken and open to different treatment options. He has had the most success with instillations of marcaine, heparin and kenalog. He said its a very soothing instillation and is super successful in treating his patients with it. He mentioned DMSO but said it is quite irritating to some people but can be successful. He likes to start with the soothing ones first.
I told him I'd like to try oral meds first and he was totally fine with that so I am starting elmiron 2x a day 100mg each. Is this what most of you are taking? He said generally if he was to treat 10 patients with it, 4 of them would have success. Some swear by it so its worth trying. Because I'm a mild case I am hoping I will be one of them and not have hair loss. He also said in 10 years he has probably only had 2 patients who had hair loss and had to discontinue use because of it. He thinks if I don't feel a change in 3 months it probably won't work. Is that true for most of you? or did it take longer?He thinks in addition to mild IC I also have oab so we're trying the newer drug toviaz. I've been using vesicare and it works for me but is so drying to my eyes I can't take it every day. He does not think they are of the same diagnosis but I know some doctors do. I personally think they go together but only time and research will correct me on that one.
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