Re: MacroBid ???'s

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At Fri, 8 Dec 2000, Rachael wrote: >
>Just a few questions...
>Is MacroBid Capsules safe during pregnancy for a suspected bladder
>infection? --I was on vacation for 4 days and the last day I got up
>showered and within an hour had to go to the bathroom literally every 10
>minutes and felt like I needed to go non stop but would only dribble...by
>the afternoon there was lower abdonimal pains and it hurt right before the
>last drop of pee came out...by 5:30pm there was slight blood at the end and
>when I wiped....called the doc and they made an appointment for me the next
>morning...I got to the airport and the blood had increased alot to 1/4 of
>what was coming out of me every 10 minutes when I went to the bathroom...I
>drank a glass of cranberry juice and got on the plane...In the air I felt
>tons better, no dizziness or real bad pains and when I used the toilet there
>was little to no blood....got off the plane 2 hours later and got home and
>the pain and blood were back and seemed lots worse...called the on call doc
>who said he would call in a prescription for Macrobid because it sounded
>like a bladder infection and there was no need to go to the ER....got the
>med and took one before going to bed within ten hours all of my symptons
>were gone and my doc said there was no need to come in to see him....
>Should this have been handled differently?
>Are there risks to the baby from the Macrobid or from the infection?
>I have never had one before and I hope to never again....quite
>painful...Thanks Rachael
>P.S. Sorry so long.....

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