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The second poster should probably avoid macrobid which is only contraindicated in women close to term. youre not quite at term so your doc made a judgment call. are you allergic to penicillin? theres a great reason to treat utis even suspicion of them at 8 months because an untreated uti can bring on premature labor. but macrobid is not used when women are close to term. otherwise its safe. almost all drugs are pregnancy category B which is "likely safe in pregnancy." You cant really do better than that category. Penicillin is in that category too but many are allergic.
Poster 1, how can you be sure you dont have a UTI? you definitely shouldve at least given a urine sample before taking the drugs because once you start taking them its harder to detect bacteria in urine. and it doesnt mean theyre still not in urinary tract. if symptoms recur, definitely give a urine sample first. Dont worry. every drug says dont prescribe unless absolutely necessary. treating a UTI is absolutely necessary. if a woman is asymptomatic in trimester one, they might advise her to wait until the second to be treated but once you have symptoms it can lead to worse infection, even kidneys so it must be treated right away.

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