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UTI, Blood In Urine, Frequent Urge To Urinate. Taking Bactrim-dm. Correct Medication?

I was prescribed Bactrim DM for my UTI on Friday and am on day 4 of the medication . Day 2 and day 3 the urgencies to go disappeared but now on day 4 I have that symptom again (blood in Urine went away day 2 and has been gone since). Could the medicine not be working? ( I ve had medicine that didn t kill the bacteria before and it was the worst pain ever and I don t want that to happen again). Thank you.
Wed, 16 Jan 2013
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Nephrologist,  's  Response
Hi
Thanks for the query.
Urinary urgency is a symptom of underlying infection.
A urine culture will confirm this and will also help determine as to which antibiotics is the bacteria sensitive to.
Depending on these results the antibiotic may be continued or changed as per your physician.
Hope this helps.
Good luck.
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Urologist,  Dr. G.Srinivasan's  Response
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Welcome to HCM.
In that case , it is better to do urine culture and sensitivity test NOW and take it from there.
It may give a clue on change of antibiotics.
Best regards
DR GS
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UTI, Blood In Urine, Frequent Urge To Urinate. Taking Bactrim-dm. Correct Medication?

Hi Thanks for the query. Urinary urgency is a symptom of underlying infection. A urine culture will confirm this and will also help determine as to which antibiotics is the bacteria sensitive to. Depending on these results the antibiotic may be continued or changed as per your physician. Hope this helps. Good luck.