Ericaceae · fruit
Cranberry
Vaccinium macrocarpon
Fruit mapped to conflicting prevention literature for recurrent UTI. Not cystitis treatment.
Safety first
Not a treatment for active UTI. Do not delay antibiotics when indicated. Cocktail juice is sugar. Concentrated tablets can interact with warfarin in some reports.
Tradition vs trials
Traditional record. North American fruit; later industrial juice and PAC extracts.
Trial literature. Prevention literature conflicts. Cochrane-type updates have gone back and forth. Treatment of acute UTI is not this mapping.
Practical ranges
Educational ranges — not a prescription. Culinary use is not an extract.
PAC extract
Some prevention products aim for about 36 mg PAC (DMAC) daily — a convention, not a prescription
NCCIH / Cochrane-era notes — Educational range only — not a prescription. A licensed clinician individualizes product, dose, and duration.
Pregnancy, nursing, children
- Pregnancy. Culinary juice is food-like; UTI in pregnancy is a clinician problem, not cranberry.
- Nursing. Insufficient reliable data; avoid unless a clinician directs otherwise.
- Children. Insufficient reliable data; avoid unless a clinician directs otherwise.
Contraindications
- do not delay febrile/flank UTI care
Key interactions
- warfarin · caution
INR-change reports with concentrates; food juice is a weaker story.