Community EP056 - Trading Stimulation for Overactive Bladder Medications with Dr. Argy Stampas

About this episode

Dr. Argy Stampas discusses the impact of self-administered neuromodulation on reducing overactive bladder medication use in spinal cord injury patients.

Join us in this episode for a conversation with Argyrios “Argy” Stampas, MD, physiatrist, Vice Chair of Research and Innovation and Full Professor in the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at UTHealth Houston’s McGovern Medical School, and Director of Spinal Cord Injury Medicine Research at TIRR Memorial Hermann. In this conversation we discuss the paper titled “ Reduction of Overactive Bladder Medications in Spinal Cord Injury with Self-Administered Neuromodulation: A randomized Trial " published in The Journal of Urology. In this paper Dr. Stampas discusses self-administered tibial nerve stimulation (TNS) for neurogenic bladder after spinal cord injury (SCI). The discussion highlights how noninvasive neuromodulation can reduce overactive bladder medication use, explores the underlying mechanisms, and considers what these findings mean for daily life and future SCI bladder management. We invite you to listen in as Dr. Stampas describes this device with the potential to reduce drug dependence for overactive bladder, and trust you will enjoy this episode.

People in this episode

Guest: Argyrios “Argy” Stampas

Topics covered

• overactive bladder
• spinal cord injury
• neuromodulation
• tibial nerve stimulation
• medication reduction
• bladder management

Keywords

• overactive bladder
• spinal cord injury
• neuromodulation
• tibial nerve stimulation
• medication reduction
• self-administered
• neurogenic bladder

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: UTHealth Houston’s McGovern Medical School, TIRR Memorial Hermann, The Journal of Urology

Books & works: Reduction of Overactive Bladder Medications in Spinal Cord Injury with Self-Administered Neuromodulation: A randomized Trial

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