Hibiscus extract, vegetable proteases and Commiphora myrrha are useful to prevent symptomatic UTI episode in patients affected by recurrent uncomplicated urinary tract infections.
- 2018-09-30
- Clinical Trial · n = 25
- Archivio italiano di urologia, andrologia : organo ufficiale [di] Societa italiana di ecografia urologica e nefrologica 90(3)
- Tommaso Cai
- Daniele Tiscione
- Andrea Cocci
- Marco Puglisi
- Gianmartin Cito
- Gianni Malossini
- Alessandro Palmieri
- PubMed: 30362679
- DOI: 10.4081/aiua.2018.3.203
- Moderate evidence
- Clinical
At the end of the follow-up period, 30/51 had sterile urine (58.8%), while 21/51 (41.2%) reported a transition from symptomatic UTI to asymptomatic bacteriuria.
- Effect
- Beneficial
- Effect size
- Moderate
- Significant
- Yes
- Dose
- 1 tablet in the morning and 1 tablet in the evening for 7 days and, then, 1 tablet in the evening for 10 days (1 cycle every each month, for 6 months)