Re: Burning and: Kidney Infections

[Guest guest]

I wanted to add something to this that might be useful -

I was having constant UTIs, excruciatingly painful, and constant burning

urine. Nothing helped at all. Finally my doctor realized that it could be

the doxepin I was taking - doxepin, and other tricyclic antidepressants (and

various other medications as well) - make you retain small amounts of urine

in your bladder. The bladder does not empty out completely, thus really

encouraging the overgrowth of bacteria, yeast, etc. It was such a simple

solution but I stopped the doxepin and the infections went away almost

immediately, after years of problems. So you might want to examine the meds

you are taking and see if any of them do cause urinary retention.

Peggy