Uvamin

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I have a UTI and I was given Uvamin by a pharmacists in Costa Rica. I am reading online about this drug and the side effects seem tremendous. Can anyone give me an idea of how harmful this drug is AND how helpful and what the percentages are of people that actually experience side effects and how severly they experience them?

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Uvamin contains the active ingredient Ntorfurantoin, an antibiotic, commonly used to treat infections.

It has no more or less dangerous side effects than most other antibiotics, such as: nausea, drowsiness skin rash and diarrhea.

Read more:

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I do not have any percentages, but there are some people it helps and there are some that it doesn't.

It is commonly given in the U.S. to treat UTIs, as well.

If you are uncertain, have you considered talking to the doctor or pharmacist?

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For the past 2 weeks I had UTI,comes I take Uvamin and goes away for a few days and then comes back,I had not side effects of ,just lost a little my apetite,but I notice that when I clean myself a pinky color ,like blood was there,the med. is effective.

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Anna - based on your response, it sounds like you are taking Uvamin (nitrofurantoin) only for a short time. You should be using the drug consistently for at least 5 days. The reason it could be coming back is that it was never 100% gone, so the bacteria regrows but this time the Uvamin may not work.

Please contact your doctor if you are having repeated UTIs - and next time take the full duration of the medicine.

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I had a yeast infection last month for the first time; Dr. prescribe Sporasec and it cleared up. Now I have a UTI for the first time and the pharmacist gave me Uvamin (never heard of it). I'm on my 3rd day in the course of treatment, getting mild pain when I pee but now there's mild itching that reminds me of the yeast infection. Is this a side effect of the drug? I'm concerned.

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maribella,
yes it may be a yeast infection due to the fact that uvamin is an anti-biotic and anti-biotics tend to cause yeast infections
yeast is a fungal, not bacterial infection, and it's always present down there. it's kept in check by "good" bacteria in your system so therefore if you take antibiotics, it can kill the good bacteria, which let's the fungus get out of control...
at present i am experiencing my first uti ever and hopefully my last and i am now coming off the anti-biotics and unfortunately are beginning to experience the symptoms of a yeast infection...
you can use an over the counter drug to treat the yeast infection but your yeast infection is sure to go away after you have finished taking your course of anti-biotics...
be sure take all the anti biotics recommended by your doctor



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I took Uvamin before 5 months ago and now UTI is back can i take Uvamin again for 5 days?

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