Anyone get UTI/cystitis with Nuvaring?

iVillage Member
Registered: 11-28-2006
Anyone get UTI/cystitis with Nuvaring?
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Tue, 06-05-2007 - 8:33pm

For the last three months I have been using the Nuvaring. First two months were fine but this month I have had cystitis that will not go away (it might be a urinary tract infection, or not, don't have the lab results back from the doctor). I have had one course of antibiotics, which helped a bit while I was on them but now the symptoms are back. They are not severe, but the pain/burning/urgency is there most of the time lying low.

What I am wondering is whether it could be the Nuvaring? It seems weird that it would wait until the third month before this happened, but I have read that some people have this as a side effect.

I am doing all the usual treatments, drinking a ton of water, cotton underwear, cranberry juice etc, but it is not helping and it has been about two weeks now. Should I just take the Nuvaring out and deal with the consequences to see if it helps my cystitis?!?

Anyone have any experiences they could share?

Thanks

Carrie

iVillage Member
Registered: 04-18-2003
Wed, 06-06-2007 - 11:03am
Hi,
I’m sorry that you are not feeling well. I’m very prone to UTI’s (usually 5 or so per year) and did not have a single UTI while using Nuvaring for three months. It may be that the UTI you treated with antibiotics was not completely taken care of with the antibiotic used due to type of antibiotic or length of treatment. For example, 3 days of antibiotics never clears a UTI for me, and amoxicillin never clears a UTI for me. I need something like Cipro for at least 10 days to clear my UTI.
IMO, I would not blame Nuvaring for one UTI that needed more than one course of antibiotics.
Let us know what you find out & I hope you get relief soon!
Holly
Holly