Typical costs for overactive bladder treatment will depend to some extent on the health insurance you have. An initial visit to see a physician at current rates may be a charge of $150 or more. In that first visit you can expect to be questioned about your bladder and you may be prescribed a medication and/or be given instructions in behavioral changes.
Some urology practices will want to perform several bladder tests to document specific overactive bladder symptoms and this testing can run into several hundreds of dollars but insurance will cover much of the costs.
Physicians often prescribe overactive bladder medications and the costs of these vary a great deal. A generic medication to relax the bladder may cost no more the $4-5.00 but newer overactive bladder medications can easily be over $100/mn. A couple of the pharmaceutical companies offer discount coupons for either a free trial offer or $20-$25 off the cost of the overactive bladder medication. Here are two discount offers:
- Toviaz
- Detrol
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There are drawbacks to using medications. Overactive bladder medications often have irritating side effects like constipation, dry mouth and nausea and you don’t cure your bladder problem by using medications. You are simply managing the symptoms.
However, before you try an overactive bladder medication, trying a bladder training program like the one offered by BladderFitness.com may completely solve the overactive bladder problem for under $50 if you opt for the Bladder Fitness video coaching program or under $25 if you just follow the instructions in the ebook they offer, Mind Over Bladder.
A bladder training program should include an analysis of your toileting habits that may contribute to overactive bladder symptoms and instructions on how to change those behaviors. Kegel exercises are also a part of a complete bladder training program as well as changes in your thinking and perhaps dietary changes.
A bladder training program can oftentimes be completed at home by yourself. However, if that doesn’t cure your bladder problems, you may want to have appointments with a bladder therapist who uses biofeedback. Theses sessions can be relatively expensive, up to $120/session or more, but they are a big help to actually getting the overactive bladder problems under complete control without medication.
