Antibiotics

[ganna64]

For the past year I have gotten a UTI every month and have been on different antibiotics. Does this happen to anybody here and what do you do?

[falalalala]

I have had a few UTIs but started taking cranberry supplements-pills rather than juice as I don't want to raise my blood sugar.

I don't get UTIs anymore.

I buy mine at the grocery store, no special brand or anything & they seem to work.

[ganna64 in reply to falalalala]

I have been using 36 pac cranberry pills and D- mannose for a year. I went to an infectious disease dr. and pc and nuero who all told me I was wasting my money. My pc said continue with D-Mannose. I am so happy it works for you👍

[falalalala in reply to ganna64]

I'm sorry it didn't work for you.

The brand I have right now is "Nature Made"

[ganna64 in reply to falalalala]

Thank-you.

[MountainBookworm]

After continual UTIs (diagnosis, round of antibiotics, few days, UTI again) doctor put me on maintenance antibiotic for 3 months to totally clear out infection. Haven’t had one since. Urologist explained the infections had caused areas in bladder where some residual infection was not cleared by a few days of antibiotics.

[ganna64 in reply to MountainBookworm]

Thank-you. Good to know.

[goatgal]

John Connor, who writes an occasional column for MS News Today (Fall Down, Get Up Again), lives in the UK and suffers from too frequent UTIs (described in great detail). He was finally sent to a urologist whose treatment greatly reduced the frequency and severity of the episodes. If you haven't consulted a urologist, you might consider it.

[ganna64 in reply to goatgal]

I have a urologist, a neuro, a pc, and an infectious disease dr. They all disagree as to treatment.

[goatgal in reply to ganna64]

I'm so sorry.

[Neworleanslady]

I just started taking cranberry pills for that. Did it myself, no dr recommendation.

[sashaming1]

Yes. One needs to fully empty bladder to avoid bacteria build-up. MS can cause bladder issues. Maybe using a cathider, taking cranberry extract pill or cranberry juice. UTI is also a side-effect of Lemtrada MS med.

[palomino27]

Yes, UTIs are fairly common with MS. Especially for women I'm told and those with more severe spasicity. It affects the bladder too. I'm a male and get the start of one here and there. I do Pure Encapsulations Cranberry (D-mannose) pills. Expensive as hell but probably the best quality out there. Brand seems to make a difference for me. I take one each day for maintenance. If I feel something coming on I take two in a day for like a week. No more antibiotic in like 2 years.

D-mannose works by not letting the bacteria stick to the walls of your bladder or ureatha(sp?) So it is easy to just pee out....

[ganna64 in reply to palomino27]

I also take D-Mannose.

[Jer29-11]

Ugh, that’s the worst, I’m sorry! Honestly, I’d find yourself a good urologist to help treat and manage the frequent UTIs.

[eharoot]

I take Ellura a cranberry supplement. I've stopped having infections.

[ganna64 in reply to eharoot]

Tried that. Still got utis.

[starlight5]

I too have uti's all the time. I just had a bladder and kidney ultrasound today, looking for a stone or something/where bacteria could be clinging/hiding. Look up biofilms.

I am in that wonderful week post antibiotic with no uti symptoms, until it returns again. They have talked about taking a daily maintenance dose of antibiotic also. Cipro is the only antibiotic that gets rid of it for a few weeks. Sometimes they start with a different antibiotic but I always end up on Cipro.

I have taken d-mannose powder for a couple years, along with other supplements. Yesterday I started something called UTI Drops. It's been widely used in Europe for many years and now approved in Canada. Hopefully it helps with prevention.

kresserinstitute.com/biofil...

stoputiforever.com/treatmen...

[ganna64 in reply to starlight5]

What are these UTI drops, and did they work for you?

[starlight5 in reply to ganna64]

No they did not. I had 7 uti's/antibiotics in 2021. After a normal cystoscopy I finally agreed to a daily low dose antibiotic for a couple months, then every other day, then every third day, then stopped and did not have a uti in 2022. Unfortunately I am starting 2023 with a uti so I may start up the low dose again after it clears. I don't like taking it but I don't like constant uti's either...

Sorry that you deal with frequent uti also.

[ganna64 in reply to starlight5]

Thank-you.

[starlight5 in reply to ganna64]

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