Hiprex and Diarrhea: What Users Say
Reviews for Hiprex
- Pri...
- Taken for less than 1 month
- November 5, 2019
For Urinary Tract Infection "Hiprex with Vit C 500 mg twice a day for recurrent UTI prevention. I was on Macrodantin 50 mg for 4 months and got a UTI recently. My Dr. at Northwestern Univ. wanted me to try Hiprex. As soon as I took the first pill, I felt the burning through my stomach and bladder. It gave me diarrhea, painful urination, nausea, back pain, vaginal burning, and my bladder started leaking. Tried with Pyridium for 2 days, a little better, but once the Pyridium stops working, this is killing me. I did 6 days, and I'm done. Sucks for me!"
- Sab...
- Taken for 1 to 6 months
- June 13, 2023
For Urinary Tract Infection "I have suffered from UTIs for years. I have been to so many urologists, I’m literally exhausted. Antibiotic after antibiotic, they would help me for a little while, about two to three weeks, then the infection would return, and always a different strain. This year, 2023, I started on Hiprex twice daily and vitamin C once daily. Well, we are in June, and thank you to my physician assistant who prescribes it for me. All the urologists I went to, at least six, never mentioned this medication to me. It honestly works. Thank goodness I had no major side effects, apart from mild stomach problems and occasional diarrhea. I can deal with stomach discomfort. No UTI, YEAH!"
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For Urinary Tract Infection "Had my first UTI when I had sex for the first time. I would get UTIs every time I had sex to the point I stopped having sex because I didn't want to get UTI. Different GPs and specialists tried many antibiotic methods but none were working as I kept on getting UTIs every few weeks. A few years later, a GP recommended me to take Hiprex once a day for UTI prevention, but I was having diarrhea and mild rashes, so he told me to stop taking it. A few years later, my specialist told me that I have a benign lesion on my bladder lining (scarring because of all the recurring infections). Devastated, I gave Hiprex another shot and somehow I didn't get any more rashes but just stomach discomfort and mild diarrhea. Now I have been on Hiprex on and off for over a year and I haven't had a single UTI since. I only take it once a day before or immediately after I had sex and continue to take it for a couple of days. So I have days off Hiprex and this method works for me. It definitely changed my life after suffering for five years."