Hi all, hope everyone is doing well. I was hoping there would be some advice out there about taking medication. I do pretty well on my regular stuff with the help of 40mg of losic, prednisone, forineff, synthroid in the am and amitriptyline in the pm but other than that I have a terrible time. I have been battleing chronic UTI's for the past year and have a terrible time with antibiotics. (macrobid) So bad that by the 3rd or 4th day I'm wondering what's worse the illness or the cure! I also have a prescrip for domperidone used for motility issues, have a terrible time with that. Even the plaquenil is bad. How on earth can I stop this problem. If I can't take the meds how will I ever get treatment? ??? Sandra
Hi Sandra....I had repeated UTI's. (Urinary Tract Infections) Repeated doses of antibiotics were used and then a 3 month regime.
I had a cystoscope done and it showed a very irritated bladder lining. A number of years later I now have Interstitual Cystitis which is a chronic imflamation of the bladder lining.
Do you have a urologist? If not maybe you could ask for a referal.
Good luck and wishes
Hi Sandra,
I don't know if this medication would be appropriate for your situation, but you might ask your urologist about it. I went through UTI's one right after the other like you are doing. I was on verge of giving up ever having any peace from them. Then my rheumy referred me to my urologist and in just 3 months he had me back on track. It's been 14 mos. now without a UTI and I'm still amazed.
He put me on an "older" medication, he said wasn't used much anymore, but he had had good luck with it, so why change. I love this man. It's called Sanctura and he prescribed the 20 mg. tablet for me. I take this about 3 or 4 times a week, it was every day the first 6 months.
It can't hurt to ask about it, perhaps it will work for you too.
Pooh