D-Mannose 100% Pure Powder 3 oz

My ordeal is quite long, but I hope the more detailed I relay my account the better it will help others like me. I get frequent UTIs only produced after sex, usually dry sex. I get them about 3 to 4 times a year on average, however this year may be different. I used to take nitrofurn mono aka macrobid but the doctors told me I got allergic to it when i developed a rash one day (however I don't think i am allergic because i started drinking so much cranberry juice with vitamin C in it that i had an overdose of Vitamin C... still not really sure#. Now I take Ciprofloxin which is a damaging antibodic that I hate taking and afraid I will get immune.

After my insurances switched however recently I went to a minute clinic facility on Janurary 28th #a quick nurse practioner station that will prescribe you meds but usually won't culture your urine# they prescribed me sulfameth, which i have never taken before and for good reason... I felt better the first day after taking it and thought I was cured #my acne also cleared up!# however by the second day i realized that i had a yeast infection and my upper back was starting to hurt, which has never happened before. I went to the doctor again #a normal one# and they told me I had a very severe yeast infection and I still had the UTI. I started to get nervous about taking all of these antibodics and that is when I scoured the internet and found testimonials about D-Mannose.

I found the powder at a local health foods store #really expensive# and started to take a teaspoon a day but often missed a dose or used to much or too little because i wasn't sure whether you are supposed to pack the powder down or not. I believed this stuff would work so I got the capsules as well. Just two days ago, February 28th, after having sex, doing my usual regimen and taking a capsule of d-mannose beforehand I got another UTI, just a month after my last one with the sulfameth ordeal. I decided to get ciprofloxin antibodic just in case but I'm going to try to cure it first with D-mannose. I am only 16 hours into taking a teaspoon ever few hours with pure 100% cranberry juice and my urinary tract feels O.K., still some urgency and a slight twinge of pain, however my upper back is hurting #it isn't severe) and it hurt almost immediately when I felt the UTI coming on and has not subsided with the d-mannose.

Here is my official review, if you get frequent UTI's and do not get kidney infections this stuff may work, if anything it will subside your symptoms without making your pee orange until you can get to the doctor. As far as a preventive measure maybe, maybe not. I was using it as a preventive and I got two UTI's almost back to back. I believe it has no effect on my kidneys hurting. If you have no where else to turn, give it a try, research it well, but be wary that it may not work for you. I got my hopes up to high and it seems my UTI days aren't over yet, I still dream of the day that my family, job, school and most of all my relationship won't be effected by this problem.

I think this product has really helped prevent bladder infections. I was getting them every month. I now have'nt had one since I've been using it.

A search of PubMed and Google Scholar didn't reveal any peer-reviewed published research to support the claims made about the product. But I gave D-mannose the benefit of a doubt, in no small part thanks to the large number of Amazon five-star reviews. I have to wonder whether those reviews might be paid for or put in place by the companies manufacturing this product.

I get UTIs every four to six weeks. I've tried cranberry juice, cranberry supplements, high dose vitamin C, etc., with no success. After treating a recent UTI, I bought powdered D-mannose and took a half-teaspoon daily, hoping to prevent UTIs. My next UTI appeared about five weeks later. In other words, the D-mannose didn't show any preventative effect. I followed various online recommendations for treating the UTI by upping the dose significantly: I began taking a half-teaspoon every two hours. After several days the UTI worsened, and so I gave up and got antibiotics. But I still gave D-mannose the benefit of a doubt: maybe my infection wasn't E. Coli. Lab results show that, as a matter of fact, it was plain old E. Coli.

Now, maybe it works for some people. But I'd encourage people buying this product to be wary: there are paid reviewers on Amazon. And the reviews linked to this product might be advertisements, not sincere testimonials.

The absolute, most awesome product I've ever purchased for a medical issue. If you have prostate issues or bladder infections - this is the product for you!!! I was a skeptic at first, but after two years of use, I am now a believer. I seldom recommend medical products as folks have different reactions; but those who I know have used/tried this product have a universal reaction - relief. If you are tired of all the medical side effects from Prostate chemical interactions and side-effects; I urge you to give this water soluable, tasteless powder a three day trial. You will be a changed individual and have a new outlook on life as a result.....

I tell everyone I know who has ever had a UTI to get this stuff! The capsules are inferior because they are filled with a bunch of extra stuff you don't need. The powder is amazing. I have some almost every day. I had chronic UTI's from about the age of 15-20. The doctors performed many tests on me (even putting a camera into my bladder to see if I was deformed). They could never figure out the cause, and towards the end I was starting to get one about once a month. I once even had an untreated one for two months because the lab messed up. Anyone who has had a UTI knows how painful they are. I was never given any pain medications, and those azo red tablets do not do the job. I felt like my insides were on fire for most of my high school life. Eventually I decided to do some research online and then to try D-mannose. Now whenever I feel like I am starting to get a UTI, I drink a large class of water with about a table-spoon of D-mannose. I haven't had to go to the doctor for a UTI in about 2 years. I am extra thankful because I am no longer on my parents insurance, and with doctor bills being about $80 a visit and the antibiotics sometimes being over $100, I can stay out of debt to the doctor by buying this herbal supplement. I was at the point where I could not take the pain of constant infections any longer, and this product really changed my life.