What type of meds are normally prescribed for a urinary tract infection?

If it is an antibiotic what type +
WHAT ELSE in addition to drinking cranberry juice is helpful to recuping?
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Antibiotics were first discovered by Alexandra Fleming, when he developed Penicillin.

Over the years, we have been able to produce antibiotics that attack certain organisms only. They have many uses and as the name suggests, they are bacterium inhibitors and will actually kill bacteria within the body.

There are different kinds and some are bacterium specific, which means they will attack certain bacteria only, but others will be left untouched.

For example: Urinary tract infections are often caused by specific bacterium and therefore will respond to one or two antibiotics only. The most common for this type of infection is Amoxycillen or Flucloxicillen.

However, if the Dr is uncertain of the causing bacterium, he will prescribe a Broad Spectrum Antibiotic. This will address several bacterium and hopefully deal with the one you have.
These include Flagyl (Metronidazol)

As for your UTI, cranberry juice is great at inhibiting the growth of bacteria and a few glasses a day will do the job. However, once you have an infection, drink plenty of water to flush the bacteria through and if you can stand it, try some bicarb of soda (one spoonful in a glass of water) to redress the Ph balance.

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Something that will make your urine alkaline like ural - bacteria lives in an acid solution - a good home solution is bicard of soda dissolved in water - it does the same thing - it's not nice like ural but will do the trick if you can't get to the chemist

AZO is over the counter andhelps with UTI's. Make sure you drink some cranberry juice too. That helps with the bacteria levels in your body and removes the harmful ones.

Antibiotics - Amoxicillin and Clavulanic acid
One tablet twice a day with meals for 5 days
Just keep eating well and drinking enough water

Penicillin for the antibiotic also try eating yogurt the cultures in it kill bacteria