Also known as Pain over bladder and Suprapubic pain
Suprapubic pain is encountered rarely on Symcat. We will add more content to this page if enough people like you show interest.
The most common causes of suprapubic pain are urinary tract infection, cystitis, and kidney stone. Other possible causes, such as benign prostatic hyperplasia (bph), are more rare.
Within all the people who go to their doctor with suprapubic pain, 37% report having painful urination, 29% report having frequent urination, and 28% report having back pain.
Patients with suprapubic pain often receive urinalysis, pelvis exam, standard pregnancy test, microscopic examination (bacterial smear; culture; toxicology), ultrasonography, insertion of catheter into urinary bladder, rectal examination and endoscopy and endoscopic biopsy of the urinary tract .
The most commonly prescribed drugs for patients with suprapubic pain include ciprofloxacin, nitrofurantoin, phenazopyridine (azo), solifenacin (vesicare), trimethoprim, pentosan polysulphate sodium (elmiron), methenamine / sodium phosphate, monobasic, cefixime (suprax), caspofungin, bethanechol, hyoscyamine / methenamine / methylene blue / phenyl salicylate, sodium phosphate and phenazopyridine / sulfisoxazole .
Ciprofloxacin | $7 (7 days) | |
Nitrofurantoin | $28 (21 days) | |
Phenazopyridine (Azo) | $5 (7 days) | |
Solifenacin (Vesicare) | $129 (28 days) | |
Trimethoprim | $13 (28 days) | |
Pentosan Polysulphate Sodium (Elmiron) | ||
Cefixime (Suprax) | $97 (7 days) | |
Caspofungin | $2503 (7 days) | |
Bethanechol | $67 (28 days) | |
Sodium Phosphate | $88 (7 days) |
Groups of people at highest risk for suprapubic pain include age 75+ years.
< 1 years | 0.4x | |
1-4 years | 0.6x | |
5-14 years | 0.6x | |
15-29 years | 1.0x | |
30-44 years | 1.0x | |
45-59 years | 0.8x | |
60-74 years | 1.3x | |
75+ years | 1.8x |
Male | 0.4x | |
Female | 1.4x |
Black | 0.8x | |
Hispanic | 0.9x | |
White | 1.1x | |
Other | 0.9x |