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Drinking cranberry juice help prevent uti? does drinking lots of water help prevent ?

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Water/juice: both will help but certainly NOT cure nor prevent UTI. Once diagnosed with uTI- antibiotics are the the drugs of choice.

Dr Krishnamurthy agreed

Answered 6/13/2015

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