 [ Symptoms ] my son is unemployed and not receiving any money how can he get insurance under the new affordable care act  he is 46 years old [ Disease ] you should not be self treating your uti a urine culture not only determines the infection is present almost half of women who think they have a uti actually do and determines the bacteria that is causing it the culture will also determine if cipro is the appropriate drug for the bug to take an antibiotic you have at home is not wise since you may make things worse by delaying proper treatment once you take an antibiotic any antibiotic a culture would not be accurate