This ‘cure’ for OAB could be something used in a torture chamber!

Dangerous treatment moves from your face to…where?

Last week I told you about how overactive bladder was made into a “disease” by a drug company executive as a way to sell more drugs.

Well, if that wasn’t disturbing enough, you won’t believe this other treatment Big Pharma has come up with for it.

The FDA approved it last year, and it’s something you wouldn’t wish on your worst enemy.

I’m talking about Botox.

It’s bad enough between the brows, but where they want to put it now is far worse.

And men, don’t think this is just for the gals — you’re also a target. And what till you hear WHERE they want to stick the needle.

You’re going to put what where?

You’ve seen the commercials with people refusing water, jittering their legs and running back and forth to the bathroom.

Each of those commercials is promoting one of the several drugs for overactive bladder. So that’s what most patients ask for and the route conventional doctors take.

But here’s the next step up. It’s a new form of torture — I mean “tool” — for your doctor to use if he thinks you aren’t responding well to those OAB drugs.

And that’s where the Botox comes in.

It’s one thing to take a shot of botulinum toxin for crow’s feet (as bad an idea as that is). But it’s quite another to inject it into your bladder.

To give the injection, your doctor inserts a cystoscope into your urethra. The injection is given via the cystoscope.

If you’re even considering it, read that line again. And again.

Because at best, it’s a temporary fix. You’ll have to go back for further cystoscope procedures. Just like getting your forehead done.

And that’s if it goes well.

If all DOESN’T go well, then your situation moves from bad to so much worse. Once again, Big Pharma has devised a “solution” that can create a much bigger problem than the one it solves.

And here’s why… Just like in your face, Botox tightens muscles. But in your bladder that impedes urine flow. So common side effects include painful urination and urinary retention. In these cases, a challenging problem turns into a serious medical issue.

In a clinical trial, some subjects required catheterization. On average, catheterization lasted 63 days. But some required more than 200 days!

I’ll take frequent trips to the bathroom over catheterization any day!

But you don’t have to choose between a FrankenBladder and doing the bathroom dash constantly. Because there’s a solution in the one place most doctors would never look…natural medicine.

In a placebo-controlled clinical trial, acupuncture produced significant symptom relief. Now that’s the right way to use a needle for this problem!

If you want to avoid needles altogether, there are effective herbal solutions. Herbalists have had success with horsetail, lindera root, and Crateva nurvala for centuries.

And we have yet to hear of a single case of either of these solutions leading to catheterization. Imagine that.

Sources:
“FDA approves Botox to treat overactive bladder” FDA News Release, 1/18/13, fda.gov

“Botox OK’d by U.S. FDA to treat overactive bladder” Reuters, 1/18/13, reuters.com

“Acupuncture for overactive bladder: a randomized controlled trial” Obstetrics and Gynecology, Vol. 106, No. 1, July 2005, journals.lww.com