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Constant bladder infections
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Since having to go off h.R.T, and going through this breast cancer journey.I have been having chronic bladder infections. I never had them my whole life. Since I turned sixty five , it seems it's Every three months. I take my Probiotic I take my cranberry pills. I use vagifem but no change. I have seen a urologist and had a cystoscope he said it's hormones. My pharmacist told me to try estrogen cream on the outside of the vagina.My doctor says there's no merit in that. If anyone has any documentation , I would love to get a copy. I have read posts on here from women saying it made a difference.
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My ob/gyn put me on daily Methanamine to stop uti. A lot of her patients are on it. Some nursing homes use estrogen cream to help older women avoid uti’s. Surprised to hear that a dr spoke against that. Of course with cancer, no more estrogen creams. ☹️
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Well I got the approval from my oncologist so I don't know what the gp's problem is.
My oncologist gave me vagifem which I use twice a week. He's a young physician. I always had a female dr so this sucks. I have to fight for everything.
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1 ReactionI'm with you on that re: female doctors being more in sync with female problems. Right now I have a radiation oncologist who has been great so far...but I don't go to him re: UTIs, etc. And my medical oncologist is a younger woman who has been so nice to talk to. Makes a difference. Hugs!!
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1 ReactionWhen my 95+ mom was having a lot of bladder infections and a lot of itching in the genital area, a new provider, a nurse practitioner at her nursing home, put her on an estrogen vaginal cream and ordered the caregivers order a product called UTI Stat, which she drank daily. She never had a problem with UTIs after that and she lived to almost 103! It was an amazing difference. Last time I looked for a friend, it is available from Amazon, without a prescription.
FYI: after my diagnosis of ADH last year, the breast cancer doctor at Mayo took me off my HRT and the vaginal estrogen tablet. Within about 2 months when I complained about vaginal dryness and related issues she prescribed an estrogen vaginal cream which I now use 2 X per week. The dryness and related issues are all resolved now.
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Can you give me more info on Uti Stat what I found on Amazon it's a cranberry drink. It's 403.00??? I take utiva cranberry pills daily.
https://www.acog.org/news/news-releases/2016/02/acog-supports-the-use-of-estrogen-for-breast-cancer-survivors
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Thanks but it doesn't state anything about using to help prevent bladder infections
What the nurse practitioner told me at the time was that it was equivalent to like 100 times (or more, I don’t recall the exact multiple) of cranberry juice. As for as the price, I found prices that were in the $30-45 per bottle range depending upon how many you bought at the time.
Also, the reason why the estrogen cream helps prevent bladder infections is because it prevents vaginal dryness (that’s what vaginal atrophy is) which causes the skin to breakdown and allow bacteria to enter the body/bladder. That’s also why excellent toileting hygiene is extremely important to prevent bladder infections in older women. Hope this helps.
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I talked to my pharmacist today and he said my oncologist would have to give me a written note saying it was okay for me to add a vaginal cream when I already take vagifem. He gave me a verbal okay.But apparently that's not good enough.Our whole medical system has gone to crap in canada
If you wish to see some clinical research on UtiStat I suggest you google “utistat + pub med”. I just did that and it looks like it has been studied for bladder infections. “Pub med” will give you results for the NHI clinical studies, which are randomized control trials.
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