UTI or urinary retention and inhalers

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.

I often think that doctors don't really know enough about these meds. I've been on trelegy for years. I still struggle with breathing. I wish I knew the answer.

I was having constant recurring uti. That led me to having CDiff because of the antibiotics. I never connected it with the inhaler. I saw a specialist and one of the things they did to help me was to put me on vaginal estrogen, I am 72. That seems to help a lot. I don't know if they do that with younger people.
It seems like every step forward we take there's a side effect.

I take Mannos twice a day. You should be able to find it in a good health food store.
It helps prevent uti. And lots of water

I finally started using it too and so far (9months) no UTI's. I usually had two or more a year, I'm only taking one a day. Is that how you started out?

I take it AM and PM. If one works that's great!