My mom has been treated for a UTI for about 3 weeks. Admitted into the hospital last week for two days of IV antibiotics. She still has the UTI. I think this is the 3rd round of different antibiotics. Why would these antibiotics not be working and what can I do? Thanks!
Cranberry juice and extract are only effective for e. coli infections. My mom has YET to have an e. coli infection.
And yes, cranberry is contraindicated when the patient is on coumadin.
My mom always gets multi-organism UTIs and needs to have two antibiotics to knock it out. And those antibiotics change, depending on what the culture shows.
Cindy
Thank you.
Donna
Here is how I came across nigella sativa, available over the counter in a Whole Foods.. I went to a supermarket looking for buckwheat groats because I avoid wheat products and buckwheat is in the rhubarb family. I struck up a conversation with a black employee putting food away in the aisle right next to the buckwheat. He went on to describe how his 88 year old mother had her right hip replacement removed due to infection and subsequently unsuccessful treatment with vancomycin, the big guns. The dr gave her 2 wks to live at best. He was desperate. A Muslim friend told him about taking 2 softgels /day of 500mg black cumin seed oil (called Kalonji in Arabic) He gave his mom that- I don't know if they'd sent her home by then. He smiled and said "That was 5 years ago. She is 93 now, has another hip, and walks all over the house with her walker"
I'll tell you what. I was so amazed I decided to get some that very day. I've been ordering from blackseedproducts.com. Theirs is coldpressed and 1000 mg. I take it every day now. I have never gotten an upper respiratory infection or UTI since starting to take it this past fall. I usually have to take a couple days off after taking the live flu shot for work. This year, only 1 day.
Cindy-
I can tell you that Cephalexin won't work. Try Cipro. Dosage is important.....max the dosage. Drink plenty of water, but don't over do it...
Clothng must be loose. Potty must be near. Keep tabs on night-time potty breaks.
Get rid of any candida in the system (yeast). Get Threelac.