Now Foods, D-Mannose Powder, 3 oz (85 g)

Life saver for those with UTI and this must be combined with wardier cranberry juice without sugar for best results.

Excellent. Using this brand since a long time. Started with treating my cat. Excellent for humans too!

This works and I’m so grateful. I scoured the reviews for how to use it, lots of advice there. This stuff should be in everyone’s medicine drawer! And it’s natural, no side effects. Can’t believe my urologist didn’t mention this. But for sure I’ll be telling him about it!

Genuine US product, worked pretty well for my wife's UTI issues.

This product works for treatment of chronic urinary tract infection. It helped in controlling the UTI infection for my dad who is bed ridden due to hemiplegia. Also the sugar does not increase the blood sugar in the body. But it has to be taken in moderation of 1 teaspoon twice or thrice a day or else it may damage kidneys.

It's very effective product providing quick relief from UTI.

THIS PRODUCT WORKS! I had my doubts after years of UTI'S and antibiotic therapy. Good bye antibiotics!! When u start feeling the burning and frequency of an infection, start taking this as directed w lots of water. Keep going at least one day after symptoms subside which is usually in one day! The e.coli bacteria actually sticks to the sugar in the bladder instead of the cell walls of the bladder...and washes out with good water intake. Safe for diabetics. A GOD SEND!!!!!

This is one of my must have supplements. It helps every time I have an urinary infection. I take a spoonful of it in four ounces of water followed by lot of water after half an hour. I have it every three to four hours on the first day and then reduce the dosage depending upon easing of symptoms.

I have suffered from chronic UTI's since i was 2 years old... yes... 2 years old!!!! I had a seziure at that age caused by a high feaver from a urinary tract infection that progressed to my kidneys. Scared the heck out of my poor mom. I had to have surgery. Fast forward a few years and I kept having UTIs, not a ton but still some, fast forward to elementry school and they came in full force, middle school and highschool ... and college. I was having a UTI... EVERY ... SINGLE... MONTH!!!! I was missing so much school from being in crippling pain, i could hardly walk. My life was miserable. I had a specialized urologist (urinary doctor) who kept giving me different types of UTI meds that made me nauseous all the time, then i had to take yeast infection meds because it caused yeast infections. Also, the UTI always came back in full force. She put me on a low dose of daily antibiotics hoping that would help, it helped a little but they still came back and the meds made me get yeast infections I tried changing my diet, it helped a little with bladder pain, but not as much as i hoped. D-MANNOSE CHANGED MY LIFE, no joke. If you suffer from UTIs you will find great relief from this super sugar. Ive been using this for 8 years or so and if you have a UTI itll clear up in a day!! I was shocked the first time i took it, even medications dont work that fast!!! I actually taught my frustrated urologist about dmannose. She had so many patients she wanted to help who were at their wits end. She saw it worked so well for me, so she started recommending it to her patients with great success! Normally ecoil (#1 bacteria that causes UTIs) attaches to the urinary tract and hooks on real tight. Water cant flush it out since it has a good grip on your urinary tract. This is where dmannose comes in, it loosens the grip of the bacteria and it attaches to the dmannose. Now the ecoli is free flowing and can be easily flushed out. Thats how this simple sugar works. D-Mannose is a monosaccharide, a simple sugar but unlike glucose your body absorbs D-Mannose eight times slower. Because it is hard for our bodies to absorb D-Mannose, it passes straight to the blood stream, then through the kidneys into the bladder. Your body does not metabolize D-Mannose like other sugars, and that’s why D-Mannose powder does not affect the blood sugar levels, and therefore is safe for the diabetics and does not cause weight gain. D-Mannose does not kill the bacteria and therefore does not increase it’s resistance. It just flushes it out. Dont waste your money with the pill form as this powder tastes like nothing (just a little sweet) and just stirs easy into water. You dont notice it at all. Take some if you feel a urinary Tract infection coming on, itll stop it right in its tract!!! ;) Better than antibiotics from my experience!! Try it out yourself!

Very good

I have a female cat who has a history of getting urinary tract infections. It seemed like I was taking her to the vet every couple of months to get put on a course of antibiotics. She would be okay for a while, and then she would leave me a pleasant surprise of peeing blood in the bathtub. I felt terrible. After doing an xray and ultrasounds, and after the fourth visit to the vet for peeing blood, I was told she had a bladder stone and she should undergo surgery. The surgery was quoted for me at $6,000. Like most people, I could not afford that. The vet gave me some antibiotics and wished me well, and basically told me that my cat would either have to have the surgery or be put down. I started looking up some holistic remedies. First off, I completely stopped giving her dry food. I switched her to a grain free food (I use Purina Beyond Natural wet cat food, but there are many other grain free wet foods out there. This happened to be the best deal I could find) and started looking into any vitamins or supplements that might help her issues. I stumbled upon an article about D-Mannose Powder. It helps people with urinary issues, but cats can also take it. I started mixing about a half a teaspoon into my cat's wet food, along with a tiny bit of water. She ate it without seeming to notice there is something else in there, and she's a pretty picky cat. I have been giving this to my cat twice a day, with her wet food breakfast and wet food lunch. Since taking this, she has not had any further issues. She has been taking this product for about two months now. I am no longer stuck in a cycle of my poor cat going to the vet, having her urine tested, getting ultrasounds, and having an antibiotic shoved down her throat twice a day for two weeks. She has not had an issue with peeing blood, and she is back to her cuddly, happy self. She is playing, and running, which she wasn't doing before (my vet explained she was probably in pain from the bladder stone). I believe that D-Mannose powder caused my cat's bladder stone to dissolve. This is a natural substance and she has suffered no ill effects since taking this. I will continue to mix this into my cat's grain free wet food for as long as I have her with me. I believe kicking the dry food helped as well. In order to keep her teeth healthy, I give her a few Urinary Health cat treats (by Get Naked) at night. Her food routine is more expensive than it used to be, but MUCH less expensive than the bi-monthly vet visits I was having to go to with her. My happy cat is back...thank you, Now Foods D-Mannose Powder. I hope everyone who has cats with urinary or bladder issues tries changing their cat's diets and also incorporating this natural substance. It has changed my cat's life.

D-mannose has been a staple in our home for years. It’s a great product for the urinary tract and highly effective. It’s got a sweet taste, if you mix it in water it’s similar to sugar water, I usually mix it into a smoothie with the rest of my daily supplements. NOW’s quality is unmatched. D-Mannose can get a little clumpy over time so just be wary that doesn’t mean there’s anything wrong with the product, the powder just does that.

As a chronic sufferer of recurring UTI I have done a lot of research and trial and error to find something that worked to help prevent and/or relieve them. My urologist prescribed an anti-biotic to take prophylactic-ally after sex, and that worked to keep me infection free for a couple of years. Then, as is often the case, the bacteria became resistant to first one type of anti-biotic and then another, and another! Meanwhile I kept looking for alternative natural treatments. I tried them all with little to no success. Some of them even made symptoms worse! One thing that infuriates me is that people - even doctors - keep recommending cranberry juice or cranberry supplements. In theory cranberries *should* help because they contain small amounts of d-mannose and this is the natural sugar that helps to keep the bacteria from clinging to bladder walls, but the amount is so little that you'd have to drink gallons of the stuff for it to have any effect at all, and meanwhile you are eating or drinking a highly acidic food/beverage and that's why you absolutely should not use cranberry supplements or juice. Anything acidic will irritate the bladder so drinking juice or supplements is like taking a little bit of medicine with a ton of poison. The same is true for vitamin C and apple cider vinegar. Anything acidic is like pouring acid on a wound! So I was very frustrated to find that so many d-mannose supplements have cranberry and vitamin C added. I made myself sicker taking one of these. So I finally found NOW brand d-mannose powder that is just the plain powder with nothing added and no gel caps. So far so good. I'm finally clear. I haven't been using it long enough to tell if this will help long term, but I am hopeful. I highly recommend that others try this product. It could help and it can't hurt - it's only sugar. Be aware that this product is sold by weight - not volume. Because it is a very fine powder it condenses and clumps like confectionery sugar, so when you open the bottle it might be only half full, but that's normal.