News & Blog

Month: February 2016

Prescription Drug Price Increases

ICA has been receiving an influx of calls from patients concerned with the price increases of several standard IC treatments such as Elmiron and Uribel. We want you to know…

PBS Airing Menopause Documentary

The Society for Women’s Health Research is currently promoting a documentary on menopause entitled “Hot Flash Havoc,” which will be shown on PBS. Described as “a crash-course in what you…

New to ICA’s Reading List

Aches, Pains, and Love: A Guide to Dating and Relationships for Those With Chronic Pain and Illness, by Kira Lynne This book is for people living with chronic pain or illness,…

!!ACTION ALERT!! Contact both your Senators and ask that they continue to support the inclusion of “interstitial cystitis (IC)” as condition eligible for study through the Department of Defense Peer-Reviewed…

FDA Outreach: FDA Announces Opioid Action Plan

In response to the opioid abuse epidemic, yesterday Dr. Robert Califf, the FDA’s Deputy Commissioner for Medical Products and Tobacco, along with other FDA leaders, called for a far-reaching action…

Bladder Hydrodistention/Intravesical Sodium Hyaluronate “Immediately Effective” in Severe IC

Yang JY, Wei W, Lan YL, Liu JQ, Wang HB, Li S. Role of Bladder Hydrodistention and Intravesical Sodium Hyaluronate in the Treatment of Interstitial Cystitis. Urol J. 2015 Dec…

Trigger Point Wand Plus Relaxation Therapy: A Combination That May Improve Pelvic Pain

Anderson RU, Wise D, Sawyer T, Nathanson BH, Nevin Smith J. Equal Improvement in Men and Women in the Treatment of Urologic Chronic Pelvic Pain Syndrome Using a Multi-modal Protocol…

Eviprostat May Offer Symptom Relief in Patients With CP/CPPS

Iwamura H, Koie T, Soma O, Matsumoto T, Imai A, Hatakeyama S, Yoneyama T, Hashimoto Y, Ohyama C. Eviprostat has an identical effect compared to pollen extract (Cernilton) in patients…

Anti-NGF Therapy: A Potentially Effective Treatment for Bladder Symptoms?

Kawamorita N, Yoshikawa S, Kashyap M, Tyagi P, Arai Y, Chancellor MB, Yoshimura N. Liposome-based Intravesical Therapy targeting Nerve Growth Factor (NGF) ameliorates Bladder Hypersensitivity in Rats with Experimental Colitis.…

New Study Provides Insights on Vulvodynia Relapse and What Might Trigger It

Reed BD, Harlow SD, Plegue MA, Sen A. Remission, Relapse, and Persistence of Vulvodynia: A Longitudinal Population-Based Study. J Womens Health (Larchmt). 2016 Jan 11. [Epub ahead of print] This…