Use of botulinum toxin therapy for urinary incontinence and related disorders
View Patent ↗The present invention relates to methods for treating neurological-urological conditions. This is accomplished by administration of at least one neurotoxin.
1. A method for treating urinary incontinence in a patient, the method comprising the step of administering to a patient with urinary incontinence a botulinum toxin, thereby treating the urinary incontinence.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the patent is a human.
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the patient is a human female.
4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the botulinum toxin is a botulinum toxin type A.
5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the botulinum toxin is administered in a pharmaceutically acceptable formulation selected from the group consisting of: a liquid, a powder, a cream, an emulsion, a pill, a troche, a suppository, a suspension, and a solution.
6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the botulinum toxin is administered in a pharmaceutically acceptable formulation selected from the group consisting of a cream, a suspension and an emulsion.
7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the botulinum toxin is injected into the urinary tract or the bladder of the patient in a pharmaceutically acceptable formulation selected from the group consisting of: a liquid, an emulsion, a suspension, and a solution.
8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the patient has urge incontinence.
9. The method of claim 1 , wherein administration of the botulinum toxin results in increased bladder capacity in the patient.
10. The method of claim 1 , wherein administration of the botulinum toxin results in reduced bladder spasticity in the patient.
11. A method for treating urinary incontinence in a human patient, the method comprising the step of administering to a human patient with urinary incontinence a botulinum toxin type A, thereby treating the urinary incontinence.
12. The method of claim 1 , wherein the patient has incontinence resulting from traumatic injury.
13. The method of claim 1 , wherein the patient has incontinence resulting from injury to the vertebrae.