My mother has been going through a series of urinary tract infections. A couple of weeks after the antibiotics clear up one UTI, another starts. Her logic is that if she does not drink much she does not have to go to the bathroom often. I am thinking about filling a container of water each day & explaining to her that she needs to drink all of it each day. Her doctor is thinking about putting her on some type of maintenance antibiotic because she gets so many UTI's. However I would like to try all other avenues before adding one more medication to her already long list of meds.
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It sounds like either grandpa isn't actually taking the pill or it is not sufficient for the problem. Do you observe him taking the pill? Can you figure out from the number of pills left in the bottle and the date of the prescription whether he is taking them every day?
His symptoms need to be discussed with his doctor, and the doctor needs to know whether he is really taking the pills.
My mother said she took her pills, but a bottle of pills that was supposed to last a month was not empty at the end of three months.
If you can encourage mom to take in more fluid, great! Popcycles, tea, iced tea, coffee, fruit juice, half-juice/half-soda water, and fruits. How about soup for lunch nearly every day? I hope watermelon for my husband even in the ridiculously expensive off season because he loved it and it has a high water content. If you can increase her fluid intake without making a fuss about it, wonderful!
But, again just my opinion, turning this into a contest of wills would be about as bad as having constant infections.
Try to keep the rest of her life as pleasant as it can be.
Is your mom on any type of blood thinner (Warfarin or Coumadin)? I found that amox increased the effect of blood thinner. So I guess if we go that route we would reduce the Warfarin dosage. Of course she has PT/INR blood tests on a average of twice monthly.