A new clinical study which has been published in the scientific journal Archives of Internal Medicine compared the effectiveness of Urex and antibiotics respectively in preventing recurrent urinary tract infections (UTI) in 252 postmenopausal women.
UTI is one of the most common bacterial infections in women as more than half of all women experience a UTI during their lifetime. Recurrence is defined as two or more UTIs in six months, or three or more within the preceding 12 months, and occurs in 27% of otherwise healthy women.
The 12-month study conducted by a Dutch research group documents that Urex is only slightly inferior to antibiotic for prevention of recurrent UTIs. 13.8% less effective than antibiotics, Urex more than halved the number of self-reported UTIs from previous year.
Unlike antibiotics, Urex does not increase antibiotic resistance. While there was no increase in antibiotic resistance in the Urex group, resistance in the antibiotic group increased from 20-40% to 90% after 12 months of treatment.
Source: Chr Hansen
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