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What do you do when you know you're on the right antibiotic for a uti but its not helping i know it's the correct and it bout it because i researched it and ask a pharmacist. i'm on day 6 out of a 10 day course. i called my doctor and they simply said wai

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Test the urine again: you complete your course of antibiotics. If the symptoms donot go away then test the urine for culture again . you cannot do this test while you ate on the antibiotics.

Answered 12/8/2015

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Dr. Hunter Handsfield answered

Specializes in Infectious Disease

UTI treatment: Many antibiotics are used to treat UTI, but none works every time. Most bacteria that cause UTI are sensitive to some antibiotics and resistant to others. Just because a particular drug worked before, or even if it is the usual drug in most patients, it does not always cure the infection. If symptoms no better in 6 days, either the UTI diagnosis is wrong or the UTI is resistant to that antibiotic.

Answered 12/9/2015

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