Please help me with d-mannose powder dosing
My dd was released from her prophylactic antibiotic and we’re hoping she’ll colonize with no incident but I’m going to start the d-mannose powder as well. What should be the dose for an almost-6 year old, 45 lbs?
I have an appt with my ND at 11:30am this morning. I’ll ask her and report back here.
So the recommended doses for d-Mannose are 2g for adults and 1/2 to 1g per day for children. I have been giving my daughter 1g per day since she was maybe 5 months old. It can’t hurt you. It basically just goes right through you and then gets used up in your bladder or gets flushed. I will probably stay with 1g until she gets into her teens or until she starts having UTI problems. So that would be my recommendation.
Interestingly, Dr. Mercola says you can TREAT a UTI with d-Mannose too. That wouldn’t really apply to those of us already using it, but would be interesting to try for someone not already on it.
http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2014/04/28/d-mannose-uti-prevention.aspx
Hope this helps.
Tina
Thank you. I can’t actually visualize how much 1g is. Do you give it all at once, or break it up into smaller doses?
I buy the NOW brand powder from my local health food store. Here’s a link to the product on Amazon.
http://www.amazon.com/Now-Foods-D-Mannose-Powder-3-Ounce/dp/B000HCMK90/
1/2 tsp is 1g
I put it in her homemade goat formula with all her other supplements. I make a 1/2 gallon at a time, which lasts her three days, so I put 3g in when I make it. So yes it is broken up between all her bottles over a 3 day period.
You could do 1/4 tsp twice a day or 1/8 tsp four times a day – whatever works best for you. I’ve never tasted it, so I don’t know what type of liquid would be best. Hold on. OK, it tastes like powdered sugar. So that should be super easy.
HTH,
Tina
Excellent. Thank you!
You are welcome! Come back and let us know how it works. Has Meredith been struggling with UTIs?
Oh, and I wanted to let you know I’m still working on the About Us page. I think it is a great idea, but I’m having trouble writing the content. Somehow, when it is personal it becomes difficult for me, ha! I have it half written, but am not really happy with what I have so far even.
Before her diagnosis, we struggled mightily. She was even hospitalized once with a strain that had no oral medicine. After her diagnosis, we were seeing a urologist with less SB experience and I was much lower on the SB learning curve than I am now, and so got put on a prophylactic dose of Primsol. The urology team at Lurie prefers NOT to be on an antibiotic and I agree with that. But I’m still nervous. And if there is no harm in the d-mannose powder, then I’m going to use it. Hopefully having her bowels well managed now too will be a great help.
Oh good. Well please DO report back either way. We’ll be interested to see how she does, for sure.