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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Clinics have definitely been cracking down on prescribing antibiotics for UTIs with the urine culture. This will be particularly true if you are a middle aged, or older, woman because you can have UTI symptoms that are not caused by bacteria. I have had a urine culture that came back negative. I both think it is responsible for providers to see the urine culture before giving out antibiotics, and I get how frustrating it is as the patient to be waiting for days to get relief.[/quote]

This.  I can't believe you wouldn't respect a provider being responsible.  I have chronic UTIs now (thank perimenopause).  So I got in, leave a sample, then head right to CVS to get some Uritstat.  It starts working really quickly and gives me pain relief.  Then I wait a day or maybe 2 for the culture to come back.  The reason we have to do this is because of patients like OP who is demanding antibiotics STAT.[/quote]

For a UTI that was confirmed by urgent care? How is that a problem for you?[/quote]
It’s not confirmed until there is a culture. I was getting urinary pain every couple months about 8 years ago and it was NEVER actually a UTI. We shouldn’t be taking antibiotics at the drop of a hat because it wasn’t helping me and it was actively harming the rest of the population. Never did figure out what was causing the pain, but it all ended up resolving on it’s own. [/quote]

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