I have a kidney infection...which antiobiotic works?

I haven't gone to the doctor yet, but I'm not running a fever. I just have the cloudy urine, pain during urination, and sharp pain in my back where my kidneys are. What I'm curious about is what antibiotics they use to treat kidney infections (upper UTI). I have a history of upper UTI when I was younger and they would give me a combination of bactrim and septra. However, I got one while I was in college and they prescribed cipro (which is reallly expensive) When I asked the doctor if there was a generic or anything cheaper, she said that cipro was the only thing they could give for kidney infections and that bactrim was only for lower UTI like bladder infection....So which ANtibiotic is best and most cost effective!

Go see the doctor and ask the Pharmacy or your HMO drug related questions...this not something to play with or play doctor.

Please read below for treatment...

How is UTI treated?
UTIs are treated with antibacterial drugs. The choice of drug and length of treatment depend on the patient's history and the urine tests that identify the offending bacteria. The sensitivity test is especially useful in helping the doctor select the most effective drug. The drugs most often used to treat routine, uncomplicated UTIs are trimethoprim (Trimpex), trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole (Bactrim, Septra, Cotrim), amoxicillin (Amoxil, Trimox, Wymox), nitrofurantoin (Macrodantin, Furadantin), and ampicillin (Omnipen, Polycillin, Principen, Totacillin). A class of drugs called quinolones includes four drugs approved in recent years for treating UTI. These drugs include ofloxacin (Floxin), norfloxacin (Noroxin), ciprofloxacin (Cipro), and trovafloxin (Trovan).

If you want read more about it at http://kidney.niddk.nih.gov/kudiseases/p...

Ask your doctor or pharmacist

Use the one RECOMMENDED BY YOUR DOCTOR! Go see him!

you should do urine culture and antibiogram

Go to the doctor.I had a kidney infection and did not go to the doctors.The end result i had to have a kidney transplant as the infection got so bad.GO TO THE DOCTORS AS SOON AS POSS

As an RN, I strongly suggest that you take the anitbiotic your Dr. recommends. She knows what's best for your diagnosis. Kidney infections are very serious and can cause you to become extremely ill if not treated properly. Mine recurred because I was not treated long enough with antibiotics. If you're in doubt about your Dr., seek a second opinion, but do it TODAY. Don't let this get out of hand! Take care!

Take a ciprofloaxacine (cipro).It's expensive,but your shoes are expesive,too :)

take norflox 200 or norflox 400 two times a day.drink lots of water.avoid spicy food.get urine test done for u.t.i.,pus cells,bacteria.have fresh coconut water.if problem persists get genital check up from urologist or sexologist.if female visit gynaecologist.a general physician too is o.k.