Botox Beats Implant For Urinary Incontinence In Women, Duke University Study

For women with bladder incontinence who haven't been helped by medications or other therapies, Botox injections may help control leakage better than an implanted nerve stimulation device, a new study suggests.

However, both treatments are effective, according to doctors who treat the condition.

In a head-to-head comparison, women given Botox saw their number of daily urgency incontinent episodes decrease by four, on average, compared to three for women who received the implant, called InterStim.

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