I hate the medical profession

[Nirvana]

Originally Posted by Happy Monkey

The difference between "modern medicine" and anything else is whether it has passed double-blind studies on its effectiveness.

Cranberry may help prevent UTI, but has not been shown effective as a treatment.

Have you ever used it?

[glatt]

Originally Posted by Nirvana

Have you ever used it?

My wife drank cranberry juice for two days after the first symptoms and it did nothing she could notice. It was only then that she called the doctor's office.

edit: And I thought that there were very few hoops to jump through. I don't see how it could be any more convenient. An oral history was taken over the phone instead of in person. I figured that's how a UTI is diagnosed since the infection is internal. Lab results take a day or two, and it's inhumane to make a patient wait that long before treatment. The doctor's office is 25 minutes away and the result would have been the same. I agree that antibiotics can be used too much and should only be used when needed, and I think this is one of the times they are needed. (We'd probably bash heads on this Nirvana, but I think antibiotics should be banned for animal use. Save them for humans.)