What causes overactive bladder problems?
Dr. Angelo Gousse: When individuals have overactive bladder symptoms, which by the way, can affect either men or women, one of the problems they have is lack of enough warning to urinate – it’s a big problem for them. In addition to that, they have frequent urination and some of them sometimes, despite the warning, they don’t have enough time to actually make it to the bathroom on time and they urinate on themselves, so that’s a problem. Are there people who don’t respond to the treatments that are currently available? Dr. Gousse: Yes, certainly, there are many patients who suffer from overactive bladder who unfortunately do not respond to the current medications. Most of them are all offered orally and these patients, unfortunately, sometimes don’t have any other ways of managing their problem, which is why we came up with other alternative methods to treat this problem. Why is Botox effective in treating overactive bladders? Dr. Gousse: Botox is effective, I believe, because it’s a v
