jen74
07-03-2008, 06:13 AM
Hi ladies,
Ok, I need some info. I have a UTI right now and I am having issues with getting a antibitoic that I can tolerate. The bacteria(ecoli) is resistant to cipro. I was given macrobid but had terrible chest pain and chills after taking the second pill so my doc said to stop it. I see her later today. I know she will likely want me to take bactrim. The last time I took bactrim, I had a 14 day course. After being on it for over a week I developed a very sore mouth, tongue and like a caker sore in my throat. I was able to finish the antibitoic, since I was almost done with it anyhow. Well when I saw my PCP last month, she said I shoud not take it again due to the possibility of getting stevens johnson syndrome which is a deadly reaction to some meds, especially sulfa's. It is a skin disease that attacks the mucous membranes and it is awful from what I have read.
ANyhow, my PCP who told me this has left on long tern maternity leave and so I am seeing a new doc and this one says that steven johnson is rare and the reaction I had does not mean I would get this disease at all.
I unfortunately am running out of choices as far as the antibitoics go because I have so many reactions to them. I believe bactrim and maybe not for sure possibly one other antibitoic is left that I couls maybe try. All the others a IV and injection. I cannot afford to stay in a hospital to IV so that is out. And the way I get UTI's lets face it, I cant be getting IV meds every month or so just to treat a UTI, it is not safe and this is how resistance happens quickly. Anyone else out there have this issue and why is there only like a handful of antibitoics that treat UTI's out there? You would think there would be more. They say there is alot, but there is not. Sure there are a lot they mention, but only about 3 or 4 families. So if you are allergic to cipro, then that wipes out all the flourinoqolones(sp) in that family. What to we do in a case like this?
Jen
Ok, I need some info. I have a UTI right now and I am having issues with getting a antibitoic that I can tolerate. The bacteria(ecoli) is resistant to cipro. I was given macrobid but had terrible chest pain and chills after taking the second pill so my doc said to stop it. I see her later today. I know she will likely want me to take bactrim. The last time I took bactrim, I had a 14 day course. After being on it for over a week I developed a very sore mouth, tongue and like a caker sore in my throat. I was able to finish the antibitoic, since I was almost done with it anyhow. Well when I saw my PCP last month, she said I shoud not take it again due to the possibility of getting stevens johnson syndrome which is a deadly reaction to some meds, especially sulfa's. It is a skin disease that attacks the mucous membranes and it is awful from what I have read.
ANyhow, my PCP who told me this has left on long tern maternity leave and so I am seeing a new doc and this one says that steven johnson is rare and the reaction I had does not mean I would get this disease at all.
I unfortunately am running out of choices as far as the antibitoics go because I have so many reactions to them. I believe bactrim and maybe not for sure possibly one other antibitoic is left that I couls maybe try. All the others a IV and injection. I cannot afford to stay in a hospital to IV so that is out. And the way I get UTI's lets face it, I cant be getting IV meds every month or so just to treat a UTI, it is not safe and this is how resistance happens quickly. Anyone else out there have this issue and why is there only like a handful of antibitoics that treat UTI's out there? You would think there would be more. They say there is alot, but there is not. Sure there are a lot they mention, but only about 3 or 4 families. So if you are allergic to cipro, then that wipes out all the flourinoqolones(sp) in that family. What to we do in a case like this?
Jen