NOW Foods Supplements, D-Mannose Powder, Non-GMO Project Verified, Healthy Urinary Tract*, 6-Ounce

5 years ago I got a UTI. I had experienced 1, maybe 2 before in my early 30's and had a successful treatment and cure with antibiotics.Then, when I was 45, I got the mother of all UTI's after a long, long....... LONG night of sex with my husband.I went to Dr, got the antibiotics and in about 12 hours I started feeling better and during the coarse if the antibiotic treatment I felt better, I felt cured.3 days after my last antibiotic the UTI symptoms came back fast and hard. I called the Dr, he prescribed a different antibiotic and I was on another 10 day course.This is how it would go. I get a Rx and I'd feel ok for anywhere from 1 week to 1 month, depending on our sex life. I tried everything from peeing after sex to washing after sex to not having sex to taking 1 antibiotic before sex to consuming huge amounts of cranberry and vitamin C and every other suggestion and combination out there.Nothing was working. I was miserable. I was suffering all the time. Out toilets were stained from Azo turning my urine red.... I was in a constant state of suffering that affected my entire being. My mind, my body, even my soul....Then, one day I was talking to my my sister in law who shared with me that she too was suffering with reoccurring UTI's. She went to every Dr and tried everything, just as I had until one day the stars aligned and she went to a brand new urgent care where a young, female, Physicians assistant did a full blood work panel on her and determined it was an Ecoli bacterial UTI infection.The Phys Asst says to her " Have you ever heard of D'mannose"? She explained the theory behind D'mannose and prescribed it to her. Reluctantly my S.I.L tried it while silently cursing the Phys Asst for not giving her more antibiotics.This was 8 years ago and my sister in law has never had a UTI since.So, through my tears and as I listened to her story I jumped on Amazon and ordered D'mannose for next day delivery.I waited with intense anticipation and when it finally arrived, I put 1 TBS in 3 oz of water. Now I was peeing timy bits every few minutes from the intense UTI but I just kept taking 1 TBS in 3 oz of water, waiting 30 to 60 min then drinking 2 bottles of water now and I did this for about 5 hours and slowly but surely, the urge to pee was lessening! The pain was lessening!After I had done about 6 rounds I took another Azo and then another tbs of Dmannose with about 5 oz of water and I went to bed. I slept for about 4 hours and then I woke up, guzzled 1 bottle of water and went back to bed.I woke up in the morning pain free. It was incredible! When I did pee, I still had some Azo in me so I do want to note that but the Azo cleared out of my system shortly after and I still felt nothing!So for this next day, in the morning around 8 a.m I did 1 TBS in 3 oz of water, let it sit then an hour later I chugged one 16 oz bottle if water, waited 30 min then chugged another 16 oz water.Then, I did the same protocol with drinking the D'mannose mixture every 4 hours. By the early evening I was feeling 100% better, 100% normal..it was AMAZINGSo I did every 4 hours of this routine until bedtime around 11pm. I took my D'mannose with 3 oz of water and went to bed. Slept thru the night with maybe a few sips here and there of water to cure my thirst.Next morning I'm the happiest I've been in years. I felt AMAZING!! I did this regimen for 4 or 5 days. Then on day 6, I dropped the D'mannose regimen down to every 6 hours and maintained that all the way thru day 10.After day 10 I took 1 Teaspoon in 3 oz every night before bed.NOTE: I stopped the nightly maintenance regimen once and within 1 month I had another UTI. So I did the whole thing all over again but now, I keep the nightly maintenance going and now I have not had a UTI in over 5 years!D'Mannose is a miracle worker. Doctors who are old fashioned and believe in the old ways of Antibiotics will frown on D'mannose, I've had it happen but I am here to tell you that if you have been suffering with UTI'S then I would bet everything I own on telling you to stop hesitating, do not overthink it and just do it.You will get your life back!

I have been using D Mannose by Now for years and have recommended this product to my friends and patients. I am a RN. The only issue is that over time the powder gets clumpy. I simply put it in a small blender and turn it back into powder and put it back into the bottle. It does not affect the quality. Keep the top tightly sealed and I also store the bottle in a ziplock bag. I would not complain as it is free of preservatives and I do not want that to change. Sandra Walter RN

For years, I was treating chronic UTIs using UT Answer, a concentrated syrup that includes cranberry concentrate, loving how quickly and effectively it worked while keeping me away from antibiotics. Then the last few months in 2017, I had to accept that even with this product, a UTI I had just wasn’t going away. I started taking d-mannose pills with cranberry for daily support, and the bladder pressure/anxiety still did not improve. I went to my PCP and discovered that the actual infection was gone, but the pain continued because I may have developed a whole new problem called INTERSTITIAL CYSTITIS (aka Painful Bladder Syndrome), a chronic pain disease that is usually associated with an autoimmune disease. What I did not realize all that time was that cranberry is HIGHLY ACIDIC and that, if you're taking cranberry concentrate that frequently (in my case, daily), and you don’t have a healthy, balanced gut (like if you’ve used a lot of antibiotics in your lifetime or eat a lot of sugar and yeast), you can create painful IC flares. If you think UTIs are hell, IC is much, much worse. Imagine having that maddening UTI-pain and anxiety all day, every day, for the rest of your life that no antibiotic can help with. Doctors will tell you they have no known cause and cure. It is devastating.I went from being able to consume all my favorite foods and drinks (all acidic like coffee, tea, chocolate, tomato-sauce, etc.) to not being able to touch them because one careless error could lead to a flare that could ruin an entire week. It was depressing for the first week to be afraid of what I consumed to survive. But, because I was writhing in pain everyday as if I had a horrible UTI that would not go away, it was easy to commit to a pure elimination diet, absolutely avoid sugar in all its forms including fruits, and religiously take the must-have supplements that my naturopath insisted to support a true candida cleanse (Complete Digestive Enzymes and AC Formila II before meals and Saccharomyces Boulardii after meals). Everything changed. What I was told by my regular doctor was “incurable” was controlled now with diet and supplements that targeted my systemic candida infection that was predisposing me to UTIs and bladder inflammation. Another helpful supplement is Histaeze (quercetin + nettle) for easing the inflammatory response (also awesome for allergies).For two weeks, while waiting for the diet change and supplements to work, I was in that insane state of anxiety and urgency that only UTIs can create. In the meantime, I followed and joined IC forums and learned that there are statistically 7-MILLION women suffering from this (another 4-million men), thinking they had UTIs all along, and that it can get so bad that people actually contemplate removing their bladder, getting hysterectomies, or even ending their lives because of the debilitating pain. It can all change by simply healing the gut!!! The gut truly is the immune system. I was very fortunate that my case was only "MILD." My symptoms mimicking a UTI have disappeared 100% after having stuck to a strict anti-candida diet for 3 months and healing my gut with the supplements I mentioned. Today, I can eat my favorite foods again without any flare—but I’m always hyper aware about how much I’m consuming so that I continue to nurture my gut. And, to keep my actual UTIs away without any acidic ingredients, I began using NOW's D-Mannose Powder, which I found cheapest here on Amazon.NOW's powder is PURE d-mannose WITHOUT ANYTHING ACIDIC to slowly burn away at the bladder lining. I haven't had a UTI in a long time thanks to this unicorn of a powder, but when I felt that horrible, familiar feeling of a UTI returning, I worried that NOW's product wouldn't get rid of a full-blown UTI—or at least, not quick enough that I don't give up and see my doctor for another round of Cipro. I followed the recommendations of the top review and began the regimen of: 1-tsp with 2-oz of water, wait 45 minutes to let the d-mannose bind to bacteria, drink 16 to 20-oz of water to flush out the bladder; repeat in 2-3 hours. I did this around the clock for 24-hours. Then, 24 hours later, I finally felt relief and slowed my dosing down to once every 3-4 hours. You just have to get through that first day of hell.Please be safe, avoid sugar which feeds bacteria, and don't burn away your precious bladder!