"You Don't Have to Live with Cystitis" recommendations

[lynnmarienau]

I have just finished reading a book by Dr. Larrian Gillespie entitled, "You Don't Have to Live with Cystits."

Has anyone tried the recommendations, including those about vitamins, contained in her book?

Lynn

[tigger_gal]

I have not read the book, but there is a difference between Cystitis (bladder infection) and Interstitial Cystitis.
Her book is about bladder infections and IC is not an infection. I don't want you to be on the wrong track

here is a description of the book gals, so you know what it is about.
Book Description

Many women have been led to believe that a urinary tract infection signals the beginning of a chronic, painful problem that is fated to reoccur despite treatment. The good news is that You Don't Have to Live With Cystitis. Dr. Larrian Gillispie, a female uro-gynecologist widely recognized in the scientific and medical community and one of the few doctors with expertise in the area of pelvic pain, has shown that women can break out of the vicious cycle of cystitis. From the outset, You Don't Have to Live With Cystitis has helped millions of women. This updated edition reflects newly discovered causes and treatments:

•Immediate steps to reduce suffering
•The surprising role of excercise and lower back problems
•Updated treatment and prevention options --
from diet to surgery
•How antibiotics may cause hormone problems
•Which method of contraception may cause problems
•The effects of stress on the uninary tract
•Newest treatments for interstitial cystitis
•Cystitis in children and during pregnancy and menopause


Plus

•A Complete Guide to Commonly Prescribed Medications
•Essential Vitamin and Mineral Supplements
•An Anti-Cystitis Diet



About the Author
DR. Larrian Gillespie received her M.D. and urologic training from UCLA and has practiced medicine in Beverly Hills for more than sixteen years. She is a uro-gynecologist and one of only a few female urologists with expertise in the area of pelvic pain. Her work has generated more than forty scientific publications and contributions to three medical textbooks. She is the former medical director of the Pelvic Pain Treatment Center in Beverly Hills, California.

[kadi]

Dr. Gillespie has had her medical license suspended. She is not able to practice medicine in California.

http://www2.dca.ca.gov/pls/wllpub/WLLQRYNA$LCEV2.QueryView?P_LICENSE_NUMBER=31664&P_LTE_ID=790

Here is an article on those issues. Most IC organizations no longer recommend her book.

http://www.ic-network.com/newsroom/296.html

[tigger_gal]

omg Kadi, I totally forgot about that. Thanks for posting it. you are so up to date girl ;)

[SandyRN]

From what I've read she's about as unethical as a doctor can get. I'd be leery of just about anything she has to say. Also, tigger gal is right, cystitis is totally different than interstitial cystitis.

[lynnmarienau]

Thanks to everyone who replied to my question. The book does have quite a bit of information specifically relating to interstitial cystitis, which is why it caught my attention.

But, I had no idea, whatsoever, that that the author had her medical license suspended in the wake of several malpractice suits.

Thank you, again.

Lynn

[Ginny]

I do not agree with the fact that her book is about infections and not interstitial cystitis. It is about both.
Dr Gillespie is the first doctor to find a connection between diet and IC. She does have some good info in her book but it is pretty old. I would go with a book that is more up to date.

Ginny