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nitrofurantion not working

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jazzyanne
jazzyanne

hi i was on Nitrofurantoin last month for uit, now am on it again this month as uti is just not clearing up, it shows up on my culture this is one of the antibiotics what will help it, am i immune it now , i still feel craps and back ache

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  • Takingtime
    Takingtime jazzyanne

    Posted

    It is possible, I have heard that it is better to take a different antibiotic following an infection, however in my case there is only one that I could potentionally take for UTI as the others cause reactions......if you can take a different one it might be better.  
  • ann23976
    ann23976 jazzyanne

    Posted

    Hi, if you don't feel its working this time and still have various symptoms it may be best to go back to your GP to see if you can try something else. Although it suggests that one, sometimes it just doesn't work for everyone. Good luck.

  • Loulie
    Loulie jazzyanne

    Posted

    I'm allergic to Nitrofurantoin - ghastly stuff for me. The only one that I can take is Cefalexin and normally Nitrofurantoin and Cefalexin are the ones used for E-Coli infection. Is that the only option they gave you? Don't take ciprofloxacin if you can avoid it.

    • jazzyanne
      jazzyanne Loulie

      Posted

      what happens when you take it Loulie, culture says enterococcus species, amoxicllin and augment are on the report along with nitrofurantion
    • Loulie
      Loulie jazzyanne

      Posted

      Well I have tried it twice and as I recall I felt ghastly and I passed out on the carpet! Can't say more, as it was a while ago. I am allergic to most antibiotics now. If your culture says you can take the other two antibiotics, I would have thought it better to give you one of those rather than Nitro again. My recurrent infection was always E-Coli (pretty sure they gave it to me in hospital when I had a sigmoidoscopy). Good luck.

  • EmmaG1988
    EmmaG1988 jazzyanne

    Posted

    Hi there,

    That is a shame the Nitro doesn't seem to be working. My urologist instructed me to take another urine sample after finishing each course of antibiotics to see if they had cleared the infection up, maybe you could try doing the same as it may not be an infection that's causing the symptoms. that's what we discovered with me.

    However, when I actually WAS infected the antibiotic that worked best for me was Augmentin (a combo of amoxicillin and clavulanic acid). If your bacteria is sensitive to it you should ask to try it.

    Good luck , I know how dreadful these things are

    • jazzyanne
      jazzyanne EmmaG1988

      Posted

      hi emma thanks for your great advice, am trying amoxicillin now what is clavulanic acid? and what was the cause of your of your urine infections i havent been referred to urologist yet but i am going to ask next week to get referred my bladder seems so senstive to touch as well x
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