Frequent Urination

[Shannon]

I'm on Prednisone and Pantasa - and lots of it!

Does anyone else experience unreasonably frequent urination on either of these drugs? I'm also on Caltrate, multivitamins, iron supplements, and lactaid pills.

Any insight?

 

[bushydougie]

Yes!!! Am on pred and also seem to need to wee all the time. Though I only really noticed this when I'd started to taper and was on 15mg. Wasn't sure if it was related to the medication or not but sometimes it seems excessive and rather annoying. I had just started taking calcium and d3 supplements not sure if that's connected...

 

[Cat-a-Tonic]

Shannon, when you say "unreasonably frequent urination," how unreasonable do you mean? Multiple times per hour? And how many mgs of pred are you currently taking?

I pee frequently too - I go about once every hour - and I'm currently not on any meds. I think I just have a small bladder, plus I drink tons of water, tea, gatorade, etc as I tend to get dehydrated very easily so I drink as much as I can to try to avoid another round of dehydration. How much do you drink and do you drink things like coffee, caffeine, alcohol, etc? Those things can cause you to have to urinate more frequently too.

 

[Astra]

Me too Shannon!
I've been back on Pred 2 weeks now and at first I thought Oh No not another water infection? but it's settled down now, but still pee like the store's horse!

 

[seaofdreams]

I've been on Prednisone again for about a week now and I've had really frequent urination too. I'm talking like 4-5 times an hour on some days.
It makes me feel really dehydrated and I get "cotton mouth" so I drink loads of water to compensate. It's a pretty common side effect for me.

 

[Astra]

Urgh! cotton mouth!
Mine's like Ghandi's sandal!
nothing I try will get rid of this, my tongue feels like it's been burnt with hot coffee, but dry!
anyone else like that?
xxx

 

[seaofdreams]

Urgh! cotton mouth!
Mine's like Ghandi's sandal!
nothing I try will get rid of this, my tongue feels like it's been burnt with hot coffee, but dry!
anyone else like that?
xxx

Yes! It's all furry and awful looking too.

 

[MapleLeafGirl]

I am on prednisone as well right now (down to 7.5 mg) and I too have frequent urination. I am also more thirsty than usual.

 

[Shannon]

Wow, so it is a pretty common side effect. I'm on 40mg of Pred a day, 3000mg of Pantasa a day. I drink about 4-6 glasses of milk a day (as required by my GI) with Lactaid pills of course, and water in between - but I'm not excessive. I pee around every hour, yes, and it wakes me up in the middle of the night! Awful!

 

[ssv]

Same here, Im on Pred and Pentasa and have cotton mouth, drinking more than normal and peeing like a crazy. All part of the fun I guess.

 

[Crohn's 35]

Urgh! cotton mouth!
Mine's like Ghandi's sandal!
nothing I try will get rid of this, my tongue feels like it's been burnt with hot coffee, but dry!
anyone else like that?
xxx

I am like that too. Even being on 15mg... burnt like tongue. I do drink lots and take cranberry capsules so I dont get bladder infections , way to easy to get that. Yeast was a problem with me too. Such a nice drug huh?

 

[Shannon]

Bladder infections are common on these pills? Good to know... anything I should know about what to look out for? I just started meds last week.

 

[vonfunk]

having to go pee a lot is the big one for me with pred. Recently it's given me insomnia, but I have yet to get the weight gain.

 

[scifi-enthusiast]

When off the pred I get constant diarrhea that has me in the restroom over 10 times a day. When on the pred I have persistent urination urges that has me in the restroom over 10 times a day.

And yea, it gets real bad for me at night as well. I'm up maybe 3 or 4 times a night. And if I have to get up to urinate at anytime past 4:30am, I'm not able to fall back to sleep. It doesn't matter if I have a glass of water before bed, or don't drink anything past 7pm. I go at the same consistency. But this symptom (or side effect) didn't start until after I got out of the hospital in May. Where they pumped me full of Potassium Chloride for 6 days straight.

 

[seaofdreams]

I also get insomnia and mood swings on Prednisone but these settle down once my dose drops. I'm also hungrier more often but I try to watch what I eat so I don't gain weight (I'm one of the small group of Crohnies who struggle to keep weight OFF, not on, haha)

 

[Shannon]

I'm trying to gain weight - I'm 5'4" and only at 95lbs. It's been a bad flare up. I tried not drinking after 7pm too, and you're right - no change! I wake up around 4am every morning to pee and then I'm screwed - might as well stay up and wait to take my meds. Urgh.