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Doctor Conversation Guide

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The Doctor Conversation Guide can help you have a more open, honest talk about bladder symptoms with your doctor. Simply complete the questionnaire to receive:

Your bladder symptom summary
Personalized bladder symptom conversation starters
Helpful links to treatment savings and tips

How does it work? Select any bladder symptoms you’re experiencing and how you’re currently trying to manage them. Once you're finished, your answers will be summarized. You can then download your summary along with your conversation starters. Just view, print, and share with your doctor.

The Doctor Conversation Guide is an awareness tool designed for you and your doctor to use together. It cannot diagnose OAB and should not replace the advice of your healthcare professional. The individual information you share will be used for averaging data, but will not be sold or used for marketing purposes.

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Interactive Guide to Internal Plumbing

To get the full experience of this Interactive Guide, turn up your volume. You’ll learn how a normal bladder and an overactive bladder function. You’ll also learn about OAB symptoms, and how VESIcare is thought to treat them.

Use the buttons to see how a normal bladder and an overactive bladder work, and how VESIcare may help.

A Normal Bladder

For people without OAB, urine passes from the kidneys to the bladder, and the bladder expands until it reaches full size.

Once the bladder expands to its full size, it sends a signal to alert the brain that it’s time to go to the bathroom.

When you’re ready to go, the brain sends a message back to the bladder, telling the bladder muscle to start contracting.

This starts the flow of urine, and as the bladder muscle continues to contract, the bladder empties. But what happens if you have OAB?

An Overactive Bladder

For people with OAB, bladder function is different. Instead of filling and emptying as it should, the bladder muscle contracts prematurely, before the bladder expands to its full size.

When the bladder contracts prematurely, it may result in OAB symptoms.

OAB symptoms can be unpredictable and uncontrollable. What are they? Continue on to learn more.

Symptoms of an Overactive Bladder

Common symptoms of overactive bladder include: urgency, frequency, and leakage.

When the bladder muscle contracts before the bladder expands to its full size, you may experience urgency, the strong and sudden need to use the bathroom.

Another common OAB symptom is frequency, the need to use the bathroom 8 or more times a day.

OAB may also result in accidental leaks from time to time. But VESIcare may be able to help.

How VESIcare is Thought to Work

A natural body chemical called acetylcholine binds to receptors on the bladder, causing the bladder muscle to contract.

VESIcare works by blocking acetylcholine from binding to these receptors.

As a result, VESIcare may help to relax the bladder muscle, helping to control it and reduce OAB symptoms.

Now that you know how a bladder functions and how VESIcare can help treat OAB symptoms, explore the rest of the site, make an appointment to talk to your doctor, or see how you can get a Free Trial Offer for your first prescription.

The Bladder Tracker
Download this pdf to help keep track of your bladder symptoms.

Get information about common overactive bladder myths.

Myth:

My bladder symptoms just happen. I can't do anything to treat them.

Fact:

Overactive bladder (OAB) is a real, common medical condition that can be treated. There are helpful Kegel exercises and other lifestyle changes that your doctor can suggest. If your doctor diagnoses OAB, he or she may also choose to prescribe a medication like VESIcare. So don't just cope with OAB symptoms, help control them instead. Use the Doctor Conversation Guide to get the conversation going.

Myth:	Kegel exercises alone can control bladder leaks.
Fact:	Kegel exercises are easy to do and designed to strengthen the muscles that support the bladder. While they may help some people, these exercises alone may not be enough to reduce your overactive bladder (OAB) symptoms.

Myth:

All I need to do to help my bladder symptoms is drink fewer liquids.

Fact:

Using the bathroom 8 or more times a day can be a sign of overactive bladder (OAB). But that doesn't necessarily mean you're drinking too many liquids. OAB is the result of the involuntary contraction of the bladder muscle, which means those urges and leaks can happen before your bladder has expanded to its full size. Make sure you discuss with your doctor how many liquids you drink to see if it's affecting your bladder symptoms.

Myth:	Bladder symptoms are just a normal sign of aging.
Fact:	Overactive bladder (OAB) symptoms are not a normal sign of aging. Adults of any age can have OAB symptoms, and they can be treated. So if you're dealing with leaky pipes, see your doctor. If he or she diagnoses OAB, ask about treatment options like VESIcare that may help. Learn more about how VESIcare might help you in How VESIcare Works.

Myth:

My bladder symptoms aren't serious enough to discuss with my doctor.

Fact:

These symptoms could be a sign of overactive bladder (OAB) or other medical conditions that require medical attention. The frequent urges and leaks of OAB are part of a real medical condition that may affect over 33 million Americans. If you're experiencing bladder symptoms, don't just put up with them. Make an appointment with your doctor, and use the Doctor Conversation Guide to get the conversation going.

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