Full study: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6297551/Front Neurosci. 2018; 12: 925.
Published online 2018 Dec 11. doi: 10.3389/fnins.2018.00925
Long-Term Relief of Painful Bladder Syndrome by High-Intensity, Low-Frequency Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation of the Right and Left Dorsolateral Prefrontal Cortices
Aim: To show the value of low-frequency repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) of the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC) to treat bladder pain syndrome (BPS), characterized by suprapubic pain, urgency and increased micturition frequency.
Methods: A 68-year-old woman with BPS underwent 16 sessions of high-intensity, low-frequency (1 Hz) rTMS of the DLPFC, first on the right hemisphere (one daily session for 5 days, followed by one weekly session for 5 weeks), and then on the left hemisphere (one monthly session for 6 months).
Results: At the end of the rTMS protocol, suprapubic pain completely vanished, micturition frequency dramatically decreased (by 60–80%), while fatigue and sleep quality improved (by 57–60%). The patient reported an overall satisfaction rate of 80% and her activities of daily living tending to normalize.
Conclusion: This is the first report showing that high-intensity, low-frequency rTMS delivered on the DLPFC region of both hemispheres can relieve most symptoms of BPS (pain, urinary symptoms, and interference with physical functioning) in clinical practice.
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Hope they try and replicate these results on a larger scale.
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