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What are the best treatments for ic?
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Complex answer: Firstly: bland diet avoiding acid urine producing foods and beverages ie oj. Reduce stress. Anticholinergic medications to relax bladder muscle, pain meds., elavil, elmiron, (pentosan) DMSO or chlorpactin bladder instillations, cystoscopic bladder hydrodistension. Not cystectomy. Check interstitialcystitisassociation.Org website.
Answered 9/28/2016
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Diet: Diet and diet. Also stop smoking. U can try baking soda, prelief and zantac (ranitidine). You can also take a supplement called cysta-q. Anything else will require a doc visit.
Answered 10/6/2012
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