This temporarily paralyzes the bladder muscle to help ease some of the pain. You may need it every four to nine months. Interstitial cystitis and surgery. In very rare cases when nothing else ...

Not only will a healthy diet help prevent constipation ... The prescription oral medication decreases the pain and urgency of interstitial cystitis by coating the bladder, notes Dr. Chung.

During that time, she’s undergone countless chemotherapy and immunotherapy regimens (the treatments help ... to treat interstitial cystitis, a chronic condition that causes bladder pain.