Antibiotic appears more effective than cranberry capsules for preventing urinary tract infections
Monday, July 25, 2011 - 16:00
in Health & Medicine
In premenopausal women who have repeated urinary tract infections (UTIs), the antibiotic trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole (TMP-SMX) appeared more effective than cranberry capsules for preventing recurrent infections, at the risk of contributing to antibiotic resistance, according to a report in the July 25 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine.