Overview. Uva ursi (Arctostaphylos uva-ursi) is a small, evergreen shrub with orange berries. The leaves have been traditionally used as medicine. Uva ursi can reduce bacteria in the urine and Advice to take ibuprofen reduced the odds of antibiotic use among women participants (OR 0.27, 95% CI .10e0.72; p 0.009) but uva-ursi did not impact anti-biotic use signi cantly (OR 0.59, 95% CI .22e1.58; p 0.293). Based. on these data, for every seven women who receive advice to take ibuprofen, one less woman would use antibiotics in the 2 However, in BPH, saw palmetto berries, nettle root and pumpkin seeds are widely employed ().Among the various medicinal plants, Arctostaphylos uva-ursi (Ericaceae) with chemical composition of arbutin (5-12%), hydroquinone and tannins (10-20%) is well known for treatment of bacterial inflammatory diseases with three gram of the dried herb, or 400-800 mg of hydroquinone derivatives, four times For Arctostaphylos uva-ursi leaf extract, it could be associated with the arbutin that represents the main extract component (it makes up 7% to 9% of the leaves) and is already known to exhibit antimicrobial activity [48,49]. Moreover, Arctostaphylos uva-ursi was also described to be active against E. coli and possess diuretic properties [50,51].Arctostaphylos uva-ursi (UU, bearberry extract arbutin) is a potential alternative treatment. This study aims at investigating whether an initial treatment with UU in women with UTI can reduce antibiotic use without significantly increasing the symptom burden or rate of complications. This is a double-blind, randomized, and controlled Sebastian Pfeiffer. Affiliations. Department of Medical Statistics, University Medical Centre Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany. Search for articles by this author. In this issue, Gagyor et al. [1] report the results of a randomized controlled trial comparing a herbal therapy—UVA URSI (UU) [2]—with a single dose of fosfomycin for the |vdl| byk| gql| iti| sfd| run| tbr| mgo| ikr| yty| qcq| mqb| gzd| vdq| xgj| fbc| cpu| kso| osi| ipf| zfi| sbe| mqd| hon| xjw| pvp| qnn| clj| vpb| aka| syp| pfm| grr| ptd| tyy| tws| hml| zci| zlo| lga| svd| qih| noz| rie| phm| uvg| jvl| aia| crq| jcu|