Guaifenesin, cystitis, gout, uric acid, oxalic acid, connection.

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About three months ago I had a bout of cystitis (bladder infecion). I usually

get one ot those about once a year but two days ago I came down with another

one. I had several of them during the few months after my first vulvodynia

symptoms appeared. I also had one which started when I first tried guaifenesin

during early 2001. It wasn't too bad and I didn't go to the doctor or take any

antibiotics for it. After several months I quit taking the guaifenesin but the

bladder problem persisted. Finally one day I decided I needed to do something

about it so I took an antibiotic (Ampicillin) which I had left over from a

previous prescription. I intended to call my doctor for a prescription. I

had an allergic reaction to the ampicillin and went to the E.R. While there I

gave them a urine sample and they said I had a raging infection so they gave me

Bactrim for that and it took care of it.

Since I have now had two of them within three months I began wondering why I

seem to be having them so often. Yesterday I went to the supermarket and was

going to buy some liverwurst. I rarely eat liverwurst because every time I do I

get joint pains in my knee and my big toe which I surmise is gout. Maybe so -

maybe not but liver always does that to me. If I didn't like it so much I would

never eat it but occasionally I do.

I had some liverwurst shortly before my cystitis three months ago. I had some a

week ago. The last couple of times I ate it I developed cystitis. Maybe I have

been doing it right along and never made the connection.

My mother had bladder infections almost constantly for the last few years of her

life (she died at age 94) and she always had beef liver in the freezer and ate

it at least once a week. She thought it was good for her because of the iron.

She also drank a lot of cranberry juice because of the cystitis.

So I wonder if there is a connection between cystitis and uric acid which is the

culprit that causes gout. It comes in liver and other organ meats as well as

peas and beans. Uric acid (as well as oxalic acid) leaves the body via the

urine and often causes bladder stones which can irritate the lining of the

bladder and cause infection.

Guaifenesin is useful to rid the body of uric acid as well as oxalates and other

mineral deposits which cause fibromyalgia. The Guaifenesin protocol prohibits

salicylates, the most well known of which is aspirin. Aspirin promotes the

production of uric acid which causes gout in some individuals.

Today I went to the Fibromyalgia-Guaifenesin site at

http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/guai-support.html and looked up the

keyword " bladder " and noticed that many of those with fibromyalgia who are

taking Guaifenesin have bladder problems. This seems to indicate to me that the

guaifenesin is ridding the body of uric acid which leaves by way of urine and

that the uric acid is causing the bladder to be irritated.

All the above leads me to believe that not only high oxalate foods should be

avoided but also foods which cause the body to produce too much uric acid. They

include:

Meat Liver

Kidney

Sweetbreads

Brains

Meat extracts

Fish Roes

Sardines

Sprats

Anchovies

Vegetables

Peas

Beans

Fruit All over-ripe fruit

Alcohol Sherry

Port

Vintage Cider

Beer

Wines

Small amounts of light dry freshly opened wine is allowed.

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