The Surprisingly Far-reaching Effects of Urinary Incontinence

Urinary incontinence is not only a medical condition; it is a multifaceted issue that impacts personal health, mental well-being, careers and productivity, social and relationship dynamics, the economy (incontinence costs Australia $67 billion a year), and the environment. We developed Urox Bladder Control for all these reasons.

Personal Health: Physical and Mental impacts of Incontinence

Sufferers often experience embarrassment, shame, and anxiety. The fear of bladder accidents can lead to social withdrawal, isolation and loneliness and reduced quality of life. People start avoiding public places, social gatherings, and recreational activities. As a result, depression and anxiety are common. Interrupted sleep due to nocturia, or waking multiple times at night for bathroom trips, contributes to fatigue and cognitive impairment.

Productivity and Job Satisfaction

Frequent bathroom breaks in the workplace reduces efficiency. Anxiety over bladder accidents, changes of clothing or disposing of incontinence pads, contributes to avoiding work meetings, travel, or physically demanding tasks and reduces job satisfaction. Overall, the lost productivity, absenteeism, and early retirement associated with incontinence is a multi-million dollar problem.

Strained Relationships

Many people with incontinence don’t tell their family, friends or even their partner. This leads to relationship stress. Partners can struggle to cope with the changes in intimacy or daily routines. Incontinence also affects the wellbeing of carers, often family members, who can experience burnout due to the constant need for management of the condition.

The Urox Solution

Our flagship Urox Bladder Control formula, a world-first, is changing the incontinence landscape on personal, professional, and even a planetary level. Urox is a proprietary blend of Crateva nurvala, Equisetum arvense, and Lindera aggregata, and is the only herbal formula that has been shown in published placebo-controlled research to be effective for urinary incontinence.

It is also effective for overactive bladder, urinary urgency, frequency, nocturia and medically diagnosed cystitis (a UTI symptom). It is well-tolerated with other medications. With eight international awards to date, Urox is at the leading edge of global innovation in bladder control.  

Restore Quality of Life

Urox has been proven in a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial, conducted in partnership with the University of Queensland (Schoendorfer, 2018), to resolve incontinence and improve quality of life.

People had less embarrassment, frustration, nervousness, concern and worry. They coped better and had better quality sleep and social interactions. They participated in more physical activities, felt more comfortable travelling and working, and had improved relationships with family and friends, as well as with their partner or spouse.

The Sustainable Solution for Incontinence

Urox also tackles the disastrous disposable incontinence pad waste problem. This is now the third largest non-biodegradable landfill issue globally. Each incontinent adult sends around 1000 incontinence pads per year to landfill, which is nearly a tonne of waste per person per year. And a single incontinence pad takes 650 years to break down.

On Urox 75% of people reduce incontinence pad usage to one or less per day, and 22% completely stop using them. For every 1000 Urox users, approximately 945 tonnes of disposable incontinence pad waste is prevented from going to landfill. 

Urox also lessens the burden on carers, nurses and aged-care staff, as it reduces the financial, time, and environmental-costs of laundry and cleaning of linen, furnishings and clothing. There is a flow-on reduction of medical waste, such as catheters, and savings in the replacement costs of items such as bed pads, sheets and chair pads.  Try Urox Now