Decreased incidence of urinary tract infections in patients with spinal cord injury: effect of methenamine

K Banovac, N Wade, F Gonzalez, B Walsh… - The Journal of The …, 1991 - Taylor & Francis
effect is also in agreement with previous in vitro12-16 and in vivo 7·17 observations that
methenamine is … The aim of the present study was to evaluate the effect of methenamine on the …

Treatment of recurrent urinary tract infection symptoms with urinary antiseptics containing methenamine and methylene blue: analysis of etiology and treatment …

CRB Gama, MAG Pombo, CP Nunes… - … and Reports in …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
… a low rate of adverse effects. Following bacteriuria resolution … of methenamine could
reduce the UTI re-incidence and … with decreased urine flow, gastrointestinal side effects

Methenamine for urinary tract infection prophylaxis: a systematic review

JM Li, LE Cosler, EP Harausz… - … : The Journal of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
… with UTI among the methenamine group decreased by 1.75 (45%) … preventative effects of
methenamine for women with rUTI. … The ALTAR trial revealed an incidence rate of symptomatic …

Evaluation of methenamine for urinary tract infection prevention in older adults: a review of the evidence

A Chwa, K Kavanagh, SA Linnebur… - … advances in drug …, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
… Although this study was designed to evaluate the incidence … some patients and decrease the
future rate of UTI. In addition, … The most commonly reported side effects of methenamine are …

Lack of effect of methenamine in suppression of, or prophylaxis against, chronic urinary infection

B Vainrub, DM Musher - Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 1977 - Am Soc Microbiol
… the effect of methenamine in a small, homogeneous group of subjects who have a particularly
high incidence … It should be noted that no decrease in urinary pH was observed in patients …

Effectiveness of methenamine for UTI prevention in older adults

MS Snellings, SA Linnebur… - Annals of …, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
… of methenamine prescribing in patients with decreased … for UTI prophylaxis, found a reduction
in incidence of UTI or … study tolerated methenamine treatment with minimal adverse effects. …

Use of Methenamine for Urinary Tract Infection Prophylaxis: Systematic Review of Recent Evidence

SM Davidson, JN Brown, CB Nance… - International …, 2024 - Springer
… the third showed decreased rates of UTI with methenamine use in … Adverse effects reported
with methenamine were similar to … At the end of the study, the incidence of UTI within 1 week …

Methenamine: a forgotten drug for preventing recurrent urinary tract infection in a multidrug resistance era

TS Lo, KDP Hammer, M Zegarra… - Expert Review of Anti …, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
… will decrease the conversion of methenamine into formaldehyde, thus decreasing its efficacy.
… and side effects are uncommon and easily reversible upon discontinuation of the drug. …

Safety and efficacy of methenamine hippurate for the prevention of recurrent urinary tract infections in adult renal transplant recipients: A single center, retrospective …

I Hollyer, F Varias, B Ho, MG Ison - Transplant Infectious …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
… Due to its low side effect profile and potential for benefit, in … with methenamine period, we
demonstrated similar decreases … found to be no increased tumor incidence in any organ.22 The …

Predictability of methenamine efficacy based on type of urinary pathogen and pH

MC Nahata, BA Cummins… - Journal of the …, 1981 - Wiley Online Library
methenamine therapy, but conflicting results have been reported in regard to its pH-lowering
effect … cranberry juice was more effective in decreasing urinary pH then either drug alone (20…