Treating UTIs

UTI treatment looks simple from the outside: a positive test, a short course of antibiotics, symptoms resolved. For many patients it works that way. For a growing number — people with recurrent infections, complex medical history, or resistant organisms — the first-line plan fails, and the path forward gets harder to navigate.

This series covers the full treatment picture. Which antibiotics remain reliable and which are losing ground. The non-antibiotic options, from antiseptic medications to bladder instillations. How to talk to your provider when standard care isn't enough, and what newer drugs like gepotidacin mean for patients with limited options.

Read it if you're being treated for a UTI right now, if you've cycled through multiple antibiotics, or if you want to learn about treatment options you may not have been made aware of.