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UTI or urinary retention and inhalers
Anyone experience having re occurring utis due to starting inhalers. I was diagnosed with asthma this year and I’ve tried 3 different inhalers with long breaks in between and each time I get an awful uti or urinary retention symptoms. At this point my utis are becoming antibiotic resistant. On research studies it says it happens with inhalers containing ipratropium and salbutamol. My pharmacist believes it’s because of the steroid in the inhaler but my urologist and allergist haven’t run into this problem before. Does anyone know of names of inhalers that I could use that won’t cause this problem?
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I do not use inhaler, however I do have recurrent UTIs and am now using an antiseptic, not antibiotic, preventive called methenamine twice daily and it works. I also cut back drastically on diet coke and coffee, drinking whole glass of water prior to the pop and coffee. It goes by Hiprex as a brand name. Very inexpensive generic. I'd give it a shot if I were you, you probably do need the inhaler. Lots of water all day long is key.
Good luck!!!
Ask doctor to consider giving her methenamine. It is a UTI prevention, and not antibiotic. It has helped me go down to maybe one or two infections a year. I drink very little pop and coffee now, and before giving in to some now and then I drink a whole glass of water, The bladder must be pampered to not be inflamed and with children this should easier than adults. Drug also goes by Hiprex, but very low priced generically.
Good luck.
Hi there, @lisalucier, @barbharps very sorry for the late reply.
Yes, the Trelagy was the cause of the bladder pain, etc., and the pulmonologist I was seeing was not helping me, so I found a new pulmonologist that I really like and is much more aggressive in treating my asthma. We went over my history and did some tests and based on the outcomes (it seems I also have bronchiectasis) she put me on Advair HFA 230-21 mcg. It has helped a lot, but I'm still getting breakthroughs. The next step is getting me on Dupixent that I will start on in the next week or two. I'm hopeful this will work, but I'm a little concerned about possible side effects, so I'll just have to see how it goes.
@still4writin, unfortunately I don't think there are any easily affordable inhalers. I've lost count of the various ones I've been on. They either did not work for me or presented side effects that did not resolve. Good luck with finding one that work for you.