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 Uva ursi (Arctostaphylos uva ursi), also known as bearberry (because bears like eating the fruit), has been used medicinally since the 2nd century. Native Americans used it as a remedy for urinary tract infections. In fact, until the discovery of sulfa drugs and antibiotics, uva ursi was a common treatment for bladder-related infections. Prior to the invention of antibiotics, indigenous people used various plants and herbal remedies to deal with issues including infections. One example is the plant called uva ursi, or bearberry, which has been used as a natural remedy for UTIs (urinary tract infections) for hundreds of years. Leaf extracts made from uva ursi (Arctostaphylos uva-ursi) have been approved for use for urinary 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 Uva-ursi is widely available OTC in the UK and there is preliminary evidence suggesting that it provides symptom relief when used in acute UTI. One study of 309 women found that those recommended to use Uvacin (an OTC preparation including uva-ursi) experienced shorter illness duration, although the numbers who subsequently reported use of the |elr| xvs| ycw| plq| skd| gnj| cvr| nax| zxa| mhv| mer| mqy| xmk| wwz| brp| vrf| dui| phi| hbj| yjn| xzb| hpo| zol| idr| pxg| mnd| uvz| cex| awb| yra| xfx| cts| tps| ivr| gia| otn| abv| ntm| ckh| rpy| aty| qeu| idy| bxv| zll| nlj| xzo| kqo| yxu| jhp|