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UTI or urinary retention and inhalers

Posted by mchristmas @mchristmas, Dec 5, 2020

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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klancee47 | @klancee47 | Sep 20 10:44am
In reply to @km6 "I am prone to frequent UTI's. I have serious issues with antibiotics due to a history..." + (show)
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I am prone to frequent UTI's. I have serious issues with antibiotics due to a history of Cdiff. My functional med doc put me on a mannose supplement and I also use cranberry pills and of course LOTS of water.
I used to get 5 a year, down to 1 or 2 now.

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HI, If you are a woman and are into menopause it may not be UTI's, years back I thought I was getting a lot of UTI's and my Urologist prescribed Estradiol 0.01 vaginally and that took care of it. If you are into menopause then our skin starts getting thinner and we start having female problem. This is just a suggestion. But it worked for me.

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km6 | @km6 | Sep 20 12:12pm
In reply to @klancee47 "HI, If you are a woman and are into menopause it may not be UTI's, years..." + (show)
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HI, If you are a woman and are into menopause it may not be UTI's, years back I thought I was getting a lot of UTI's and my Urologist prescribed Estradiol 0.01 vaginally and that took care of it. If you are into menopause then our skin starts getting thinner and we start having female problem. This is just a suggestion. But it worked for me.

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I'm on that as well! Yes.
My doc always does a culture for that very reason.
Old age is tricky!

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rozi280751 | @rozi280751 | Sep 30 1:25am

I was introduced to hiprex for chronic uti. I tried 1 gram twice a day and after 3 days I had problems with urine flow that drastically decreased.
I went to take half a capsule twice a day and the same side effects.
Is there an alternative?
Antibiotics fo not help me.

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klancee47 | @klancee47 | Sep 30 10:47am
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I was introduced to hiprex for chronic uti. I tried 1 gram twice a day and after 3 days I had problems with urine flow that drastically decreased.
I went to take half a capsule twice a day and the same side effects.
Is there an alternative?
Antibiotics fo not help me.

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@rozi280751 I have had a urine flow problem for years, and sometimes there is not flow. I have never found anything that works to take care of it but the estradiol does help it. I am finally having a scope done next week to see if I have something to explain why my flow is bad. Hoping for the best.

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