Women, I need some insight to either calm me down or spur me into action.
I mentioned upthread that I went to the CVS Minute Clinic on Tuesday to get an antibiotic (sulpha) for a uti.
Well, I thought I was feeling better yesterday but woke up last night feeling pretty much as bad as I did day one. I took my 5th dose (of 14) this morning but am still feeling anxious and burny.
Shouldn't I be feeling better by now?
Also, I didn't get a prescription for Uristat but bought the over the counter Uricalm with the same ingredient. It doesn't seem to be doing any good at all...which is worrying me. The dosage says not to take it more than 2 days, but that's 6 total doses and I've only taken 5 so far.
Not sure what else to do. Any thoughts?
I presume you've hit the cranberry juice.
Don't know what to tell you, bonny. Sorry.
Feel better soon, Calli.
I am having A Day. Nothing is going right and I feel incompetent and Angry Girl started crying over the teeniest thing and I accidentally let all the hydraulic fluid out of one jack and and and...
Pills are better than juice - less sugar.
I have. I spent a couple of days trying everything that has worked in the past before going to the clinic. Cranberry, propolis, Alkaseltzer. (no lie--it creates a 'base' state rather than the highly acidic one promoted by cranberry. As I get older, I think my ph has changed such that the high acid just seems to make me feel worse)
I did eat some sugar yesterday and didn't drink a TON of water, though I conscientiously downed many cups of Cinnamon Apple Spice tea.
Harvey is in my arms right now, purring his best for bonny and smonster.
{{{bonny}}} I have no advice, only hugs.
Thanks everybody.
I'm now trying to research if I can take 'Cystex' which is supposed to do the same thing as the Uricalm but uses a different active ingredient. Can't find anything yet on negative interactions.
Do you think the 'don't take this for more than 3 days' is because masking the symptoms is bad, or because these products could cause kidney damage or somesuch?
Lord knows, there are things I could be spending my time on this morning beside researching this stuff.
Thanks Fred.
I couldn't find any negative interaction info between the two uti pain relievers...and I'm feeling a bit desperate...so I just took a dose of the Cystex. Please, please let it work and have the antibiotic kick in nowish.
Having taken so many anti-bs in September, now I'm afraid that my body just won't fight on its own anymore.
I wish I could cancel that thought but it's definitely there.
