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Hi people. I'm a 25F and have a history of recurrent UTIs. Since Jen 2024 I had a UTI for the first time since I was like 17, successfully treated with Monuril fosfom. (3g x 2 nights).

Then Jen came and it was rough. Full blood in urine, back pain and really aggressive bladder pain. I was not in my country back then, and got diagnosed with UTI (only by urine test, no urineculture) and again given the Monuril but 1 dose only.

After that, I had UTI symptoms for months. Had to take the antibiotic again and again.

I thought I got rid of it for good. After a week of visiting my LD boyfriend I started again to get UTI symptoms (this was last Tuesday) and the doctor told me to do a urineculture and see what it was. Turns out I have E.coli infection (1.000.000 units) and the doctor prescribed me ciprofloxacin 250 2 pills a day for 10 days.

Now, I have a history of being afraid of any medication, especially antibiotics. Stumbled upon some Uti posts and saw some people freak out about cipro and begged the OPs to not get it. I got scared as hell and started to question my sister and my friend (pharmacist and nurse) about this antibiotic and they both told me to not worry and that my sister sells those pills (specifically cipro 250-500) regularly and that I was supposed to be worried only about not eating diary and stay away from sun. (have to mention I am in Italy and I have never heard of cipro being dangerous or anything like that. My sister says all antibiotics can be dangerous and cipro was not worse or less than others.)

I workout a lot. Infact, I take protein powder and was about to start creatine before this whole mess happened.

There is one specific thing I worry about, that nobody believes me everytime I talk about it. I had severe wrist pain (both) a year ago. I suffer from joint pain all the time. I workout with wrist bandages and I am careful of not stressing my joints too much. Doc told me I have hyperextension in one of my wrists. Never got diagnosed with EDL or any joint disorder even though I am 90% sure I have it. I live in a small town in South Italy and there is kind of a backward mentality with diseases... I know complicated disorders tend to be overlooked or ignored. (Literaly got diagnosed with PCOS after having severe symptoms for years but nobody wanted to send me to a gyno :/)

And this antibiotic seems to be making tendon /joint pain appear and worsen it. So I am worried sick. BUT I am tired of this UTI situation. So a part of me wants to risk it and be done with it. Cipro seems to be the good option for recurrent UTIs...especially because my symptoms come and go and I am worried that the bacteria is hidden somewhere and normal antibiotics can't catch it. (Also worried of developing kidney infections)

Can any of you tell me if this medication actually helped with your recurrent UTIs? Side effects and whatnot...

Hi people. I'm a 25F and have a history of recurrent UTIs. Since Jen 2024 I had a UTI for the first time since I was like 17, successfully treated with Monuril fosfom. (3g x 2 nights).

Then Jen came and it was rough. Full blood in urine, back pain and really aggressive bladder pain. I was not in my country back then, and got diagnosed with UTI (only by urine test, no urineculture) and again given the Monuril but 1 dose only.

After that, I had UTI symptoms for months. Had to take the antibiotic again and again.

I thought I got rid of it for good. After a week of visiting my LD boyfriend I started again to get UTI symptoms (this was last Tuesday) and the doctor told me to do a urineculture and see what it was. Turns out I have E.coli infection (1.000.000 units) and the doctor prescribed me ciprofloxacin 250 2 pills a day for 10 days.

Now, I have a history of being afraid of any medication, especially antibiotics. Stumbled upon some Uti posts and saw some people freak out about cipro and begged the OPs to not get it. I got scared as hell and started to question my sister and my friend (pharmacist and nurse) about this antibiotic and they both told me to not worry and that my sister sells those pills (specifically cipro 250-500) regularly and that I was supposed to be worried only about not eating diary and stay away from sun. (have to mention I am in Italy and I have never heard of cipro being dangerous or anything like that. My sister says all antibiotics can be dangerous and cipro was not worse or less than others.)

I workout a lot. Infact, I take protein powder and was about to start creatine before this whole mess happened.

There is one specific thing I worry about, that nobody believes me everytime I talk about it. I had severe wrist pain (both) a year ago. I suffer from joint pain all the time. I workout with wrist bandages and I am careful of not stressing my joints too much. Doc told me I have hyperextension in one of my wrists. Never got diagnosed with EDL or any joint disorder even though I am 90% sure I have it. I live in a small town in South Italy and there is kind of a backward mentality with diseases... I know complicated disorders tend to be overlooked or ignored. (Literaly got diagnosed with PCOS after having severe symptoms for years but nobody wanted to send me to a gyno :/)

And this antibiotic seems to be making tendon /joint pain appear and worsen it. So I am worried sick. BUT I am tired of this UTI situation. So a part of me wants to risk it and be done with it. Cipro seems to be the good option for recurrent UTIs...especially because my symptoms come and go and I am worried that the bacteria is hidden somewhere and normal antibiotics can't catch it. (Also worried of developing kidney infections)

Can any of you tell me if this medication actually helped with your complicated/recurrent UTIs? Side effects and whatnot...