Waterfall D-Mannose Review

The preventative measure varies according to your propensity for infection… You’ll probably find what suits you best through trial and error. These are suggestions.

Suggested maintenance regime for first 3 months:

• Occasional sufferers (every few months) – 1 level teaspoon a day.
• Regular sufferers (every few weeks) – 2 – 3 heaped teaspoons a day.
• Interstitial cystitis and Painful Bladder Syndrome sufferers: 2 – 3 heaped teaspoons a day.
• Catheterising and indwelling catheter sufferers: 3 – 6 level teaspoons a day. Use more around fresh catheter fitting.
• cystitis related to sexual activity only: 1 level to heaped teaspoonful an hour before sex. Don’t urinate until after sex. Then take another level teaspoon of Waterfall D-Mannose . The following morning take another. Timing is important. It takes an hour for 90% of the d-mannose you take to get into your urine, so if you don’t follow the regime properly, for at least the first 3 months of treatment, an infection is likely to start. After 3 months (approx) with no infection, it is usually safe to be a little more daring, and occasionally just take the product after sex. But on the whole, be careful!

Episodes related to Sex

Suggested routine:

• Take 1 level to heaped teaspoonful of Waterfall D-Mannose one hour before sexual activity.
• It is important to get the timing right – better to lose a bit of spontaneity than get an infection.
• Don’t urinate until afterwards.
• Immediately afterwards, go and urinate and take another teaspoonful of the product.
• The following day, if your typical attacks tend to happen 18 to 24 hours after sex (common) take a level teaspoonful every six hours.
• If despite this, you feel an attack of cystitis beginning, take a heaped teaspoonful immediately, then another one an hour later. Usually this will stop an attack in its tracks. If not, go on to the normal dose of a level teaspoonful every three hours until symptoms abate, then reduce to half that dose for the next day or two until you are sure you are totally clear.
• Keep up the normal hygiene standards.
• After using Waterfall D-Mannose like this for a few months, you may occasionally risk sex without taking the product beforehand. However, if you do this, best to take some extra afterwards.
• Gradually, you should be able to return to a normal sex life.

Men: Waterfall D-Mannose appears to work as well for men as for women, but infections after sex are less of a problem for men. However, men with a propensity for cystitis will probably find it beneficial to urinate after sex.

Men with normal healthy bladders usually won’t need to take Waterfall D-Mannose as a preventative as often as women. Some just take it when the feel the symptoms coming on. Others take a couple of measures a week. We suggest trial and error.

Note: Cystitis problems in men may be an indication of a prostate condition, so you should never just self-treat the condition unless you’ve been thoroughly checked out by a doctor and you know you are dealing with a simple bacterial infection. However, Waterfall D-Mannose won’t harm you, so it is safe to take while you are waiting for an appointment. If it clears up your problem meanwhile, that’s a bonus.