Re: [QUAD-L] Long-term antibiodic therapy

[Curtis Craig]

hmmm... green tea? i'll have to give that a try. cranberry pills give me 
problems, urologist said the acid may give me trouble.

From: Julie A Napper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: quad-list@eskimo.com
Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] Long-term antibiodic therapy
Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2006 18:08:22 -0700

I take Macrodantin (low dose) also and have for several years.  I haven't
had a UTI for nearly 2 yrs. (knockiing on wood!!).  That's about how long
I've been taking cranberry pills and drinking green tea daily.   But,
whatever is helping, I'm not changing a thing.

Julie
c4-5


On Mon, 30 Jan 2006 18:54:26 -0500 "Curtis Craig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
writes:
> I'm also on a bacteria suppressant called macrodantin. I've been on
> it for
> about 5 yrs now, and I probably average 2 maybe 3 uti's a year.
> Before I had
> them constantly.
> Curtis
>
>
> >From: "Lori Michaelson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >Reply-To: "Lori Michaelson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >To: "Quad" <quad-list@eskimo.com>
> >Subject: [QUAD-L] Long-term antibiodic therapy
> >Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2006 15:38:32 -0700
> >
> >LOL.  I recently wrote it here so I excluded it this time.  :-)
> >
> >Augmentin 250mgs daily.  It's NOT a broad spectrum drug because my
> UTIs
> >would only respond to IT
> >for a year.  So I'm on long-term therapy using IT.
> >
> >Lori
> >
> >-------Original Message-------
> >
> >From: Eric Olson
> >Date: 01/30/06 13:39:02
> >To: Lori Michaelson
> >Cc: Quad
> >Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] Re: Spasms and many UTIs
> >
> >just out of curiosity, what's the antibiotic?
> >
> >Eric
> >
> >Lori Michaelson wrote:
> >After a year or more of back-to-back UTIs I'm currently on a
> low-dose
> >antibiodic daily.  And it's doing the
> >trick.  All those UTIs with high fevers were wreaking havoc with my
> body
> >most likely.
> >
> >I guess one is LESS LIKELY for bugs to become resistant to low dose
> >antibiodics rather than 7-10 day
> >runs of high dosages.  And resistance can pose big threats.
> >
> >Be sure one is on THE correct drug, however, by doing sensitivities
> with
> >the
> >culture.  Otherwise it's a futile
> >attempt at resolving the problem at large.
> >
> >Lori Michaelson
> >C4/5 complete quad, 25 years post
> >Tucson, AZ
> >
> >-------Original Message-------
> >
> >From: Lana Baugh
> >Date: 01/28/06 22:10:34
> >To: quad-list@eskimo.com
> >Subject: [QUAD-L] spasms
> >
> >We found out what was causing all of Gabe’s bowel and bladder
> spasms.
> >Another UTI, that means Gabe has had one almost steady for three
> months
> >now.
> >He has an appointment Thursday with urologist. I think it might be
> time for
> >a series of antibiotic instillations. That is the only way he has
> kicked
> >big
> >ones before. Thanks for all of your suggestions.
> >
> >Lana
> >Gabe’s mom
> >C4-5 10 years post
> >
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