Assessment of symptomatic response to intravesical alkalinized lidocaine, bupivacaine, heparin and steroids in patients with bladder pain syndrome.

Bladder Pain Syndrome (BPS) is a puzzling and complicated disorder. 12 such patients, with a mean age 48.3 years, were treated with weekly intravesical instillation of admixture of alkalinized lidocaine, bupivacaine, heparin and steroids for six weeks. Evaluating the benefits of this therapy, patients experienced 82.2% & 90.9% relief at 3rd & 6th week of instillation. After completion of six cycles of therapy, patients experienced 68.7% & 65.3% relief at 3rd & 6th month follow up, concluding the early and long term relief of BPS.