U.S. doctors online nowAsk doctors free
Top answers from doctors based on your search:
Disclaimer

Antibiotics not working for bladder infection

A 35-year-old member asked:
Dr. Alfredo Garcia
Pediatrics 58 years experience
UTI: Knowing which bacteria caused your bladder infection usually dictates the antibiotic to be used after susceptibility tests are done. If you do not fee... Read More
Created for people with ongoing healthcare needs but benefits everyone.
A 33-year-old member asked:
Dr. Anatoly Belilovsky
Pediatrics 37 years experience
If properly chosen..: ...Should work within 24 hours or less.
Created for people with ongoing healthcare needs but benefits everyone.
A 45-year-old female asked:
Dr. Wayne Ingram
Specializes in Obstetrics and Gynecology
Talk to your MD: Your MD will probably do a culture of both infections to see which antibiotic will work and which ones will not. That test will dictate which antibiot... Read More
Created for people with ongoing healthcare needs but benefits everyone.
Dr. Carrie Cannon
A Verified Doctoranswered
Family Medicine 35 years experience
Penicillin allergy?: How about getting a urine culture for id and sensitivities of organism. Are you allergic to Penicillin? Biaxin (clarithromycin) is another option for ... Read More
Created for people with ongoing healthcare needs but benefits everyone.
Dr. Hunter Handsfield
Infectious Disease 55 years experience
See your doctor: A new antibiotic probably wouldn't help. Sinus symptoms are mostly from inflammation causing swelling of sinus passages, regardless of the speciifc ba... Read More
Created for people with ongoing healthcare needs but benefits everyone.
A 36-year-old member asked:
Dr. David Krulak
Family Medicine 25 years experience
It can be: UTIs can be treated with a number of antibiotics, depending on the organism causing the infection and the resistance that organism has to antibiotics.... Read More
Created for people with ongoing healthcare needs but benefits everyone.
A 47-year-old member asked:
Dr. George Klauber
Specializes in Pediatric Urology
The following: By urinating after sex to empty bladder, shower not bathe + never use bubble bath.Avoid costipation.Good toilet hygiene: wipe front to back, pull pant... Read More
Created for people with ongoing healthcare needs but benefits everyone.
A 48-year-old female asked:
Dr. Hamsa Jayaraj
Internal Medicine 56 years experience
Not possible: you have to get the prescription for the antibiotic. If in your country if pharmacy can issue antibiotics,get it from pharmacy.
Created for people with ongoing healthcare needs but benefits everyone.
A 43-year-old member asked:
Dr. George Klauber
Specializes in Pediatric Urology
After 24 - 48hrs: Syptoms should start to ease ; should be much easier, provided ur on the correct antibiotic to which the unfective bacteria are sensitive, after 3 day... Read More
Created for people with ongoing healthcare needs but benefits everyone.
A 42-year-old member asked:
Dr. Martin Raff
Infectious Disease 58 years experience
Omnicef (cefdinir): This is an orally taken third-generation cephalosporin antibiotic which should probably be reserved for specific situations in which less broad spectr... Read More
Created for people with ongoing healthcare needs but benefits everyone.
A 17-year-old male asked:
Dr. Dan Fisher
Internal Medicine 29 years experience
Depends.: Depends upon who you ask. Various specialty groups make different recommendations, local resistance patterns and patient characteristics may modify th... Read More
Created for people with ongoing healthcare needs but benefits everyone.
A 44-year-old member asked:
Dr. Yash Khanna
Family Medicine 59 years experience
Bladder Infection: Did you have urine culture done and do you know what is the organism and what antibiotics did you take and for how long.If you have symptoms and the c... Read More
Created for people with ongoing healthcare needs but benefits everyone.
Connect with a U.S. board-certified doctor by text or video anytime, anywhere.
$44 video appointments with $19/month membership*
*Billed $57 every 3 months. Cancel anytime.