Do you know what nitrates are?

A couple of weeks ago I received a call from my pharmacist who informed me that the Urelle medication, that I use has been found to cause an adverse reaction when used in combination with Trazadone and/or Savella. Of course I take both Trazadone and Savella so I had to stop taking the Urelle immediately. The Urelle has some sort of blue...ingredient that is also in Pyridium. Both the Urelle and Pyridium are used to kinda numb your bladder when you have a Urinary Tract Infection or Interstitial Cystitis (IC) (I have both right now). Not long after I stopped the Urelle I could feel a UTI coming on. My urine got cloudy and smelled awful, but it would be horrible one day and then not so cloudy the next day. I thought that the Urelle was a bladder antiseptic too, and since I wasn't taking it, I didn't have that antiseptic cleaning my bladder, and I was getting a bladder infection. Everyday my bladder hurt more and more. I finally called my urologist and was told that the Urelle was not preventing my bladder infections and the nurse thought that it was just my IC that was causing my bladder pain. Except my urine was cloudy and smelly which were signs of an infection. My urologist couldn't see me until the weekend was over. Once I get into a doctor and they try to culture what is causing the infection, it is another 3 day wait and I couldn't wait anymore! I called my family doctor and got in the next morning (last Thursday). My urine wasn't as cloudy or smelly that morning and I was afraid that it would show I didn't have an infection. My urine had lots and lots of NITRATES in it. The doctor explained that the NITRATES were the excretions of waste from the bacteria living in my bladder. I definately had a bacterial infection since I had the nitrates. By tomorrow they should know whether or not the antibiotic that they put me on is killing the bacteria or not. My bladder still hurts a lot, but that could just be from the infection irritating my bladder lining. I guess I will know more tomorrow. Check back later and see what I found out. Thanks for stopping by and have a great day! Please leave me a comment so that I know you were here! I love to hear from my followers!