If you're among the millions of women suffering from interstitial cystitis, a bladder disorder characterized by intense discomfort, you may have struggled for years to find the right treatment. For ...

Q: I have interstitial cystitis. Medication hasn’t helped much. Could dietary changes help? A: In patients with interstitial cystitis, the bladder wall becomes irritated or inflamed, causing pain and ...

There is currently no cure for interstitial cystitis and the aim of treatment is to relieve symptoms, with varying degrees of success depending on the individual patient. Simple changes to diet and ...

If you suffer from interstitial cystitis (IC)—a chronic inflammatory disorder of the bladder—you know the discomfort can be intense. So much so, the condition has another moniker: bladder pain ...

Cystitis (sis-TIE-tis) is the medical term for inflammation of the bladder. Most of the time, the inflammation is caused by a bacterial infection, and it's called a urinary tract infection (UTI). A ...

Doctors are beginning to prescribe antibiotic treatments from the 1950s for benign infections to fight antibiotic resistance and preserve the effectiveness of newer antibiotics. But these "old" ...

STAMFORD, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Imbrium Therapeutics L.P. (“Imbrium”), a subsidiary of Purdue Pharma L.P. (“Purdue”), has achieved last patient last visit in its Phase 1b study of the ...

Although cystitis per se in the female — either young or old — is an exceedingly rare condition, the triad of symptoms generally interpreted as indicative of cystitis is extremely frequent in ...

SAN DIEGO — When treating patients with uncomplicated urinary tract infection, primary care physicians often do not adhere to guidelines issued by the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA), ...

For anyone who's ever experienced cystitis, the very thought of it is enough to make you wince. Not only can it be incredibly uncomfortable, it's also mega inconvenient – with sufferers prone to ...

Trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole and fluoroquinolone antibiotics are highly effective in the treatment of acute cystitis, but increasing resistance to these ...

Cystitis is an inflammatory condition of the bladder that is usually caused by infection. Treatment is aimed at easing symptoms and correcting the infection, which has a high risk of returning without ...