Butter Posted June 6, 2015 Share Posted June 6, 2015 Whenever people start romanticizing the 1800s to me, I always respond with air conditioning, flushing toilets, and antibiotics. Those are things I really, really am glad they exist. I shall now add Pyridium to that list. I have a rather nasty UTI. It started yesterday afternoon with a mild pain. That progressed to my bladder feeling like it was on fire this morning and by noon my right kidney was sore and the dipstick showed quite a severe infection. Luckily, I realized this is not normal and not something I could deal with on my own, so by 11:30 I had a prescription for an antibiotic and was instructed to also use Pyridium for the next couple days. I've never taken Pyridium before. I am so glad it has been invented. I think I love whoever discovered it. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twigs Posted June 6, 2015 Share Posted June 6, 2015 :grouphug: :grouphug: :grouphug: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ethel Mertz Posted June 6, 2015 Share Posted June 6, 2015 Pyridium is indeed wonderful. Heads Up: It will turn your pee bright orange (which will also stain your underwear). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SparklyUnicorn Posted June 6, 2015 Share Posted June 6, 2015 This made me chuckle for some reason. But yeah there are quite a few things in this category I'm thankful for. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LynnG in Arizona Posted June 7, 2015 Share Posted June 7, 2015 Great invention, agreed. But a gentle reminder: make very sure you finish any prescribed antibiotics, despite feeling normal again. I worked with a young woman once who was prescribed antibiotics and pyridium for a UTI. She felt fantastically normal again after a day or so, and thought she was being conservative in discontinuing her antibiotics. The infection roared back, but she didn't feel the effects . . . until she got horribly ill from a raging septic infection. She had to be hospitalized and everything. As you can imagine, that made quite an impression on me! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Butter Posted June 7, 2015 Author Share Posted June 7, 2015 Great invention, agreed. But a gentle reminder: make very sure you finish any prescribed antibiotics, despite feeling normal again. Oh, yes! My mom drilled that into me as a kid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
countrygal Posted June 7, 2015 Share Posted June 7, 2015 I had been told to take it after a ureteral stent post kidney stone lithotripsy. Took it religiously otherwise dh would've had to peel me off the ceiling and drag me to the ER... I wonder who made the discovery of how it works... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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