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I recently started taking doxycycline for suspected Lyme, and within a couple of days, I was having to urinate more frequently, especially at night. Each time I produced a lot of urine, so it wasn't just an irritable bladder. I stopped taking doxy, and urination returned to normal. Started it up again, and urinary volume increased immediately. Kidney function and urine tests are normal.
This is not a typical side effect of doxycycline, and I have taken it before without this occurring. Has anyone else experienced this on doxy? If it's a reaction to the drug, I don't want to take it. If it's due to bacteria dying off, then I should keep taking it. My doc doesn't know what's causing it.
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Keebler
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Increased urination is normal when your body is tossing out toxins. Be sure to still drink lots of water and keep up on your vitamins and minerals, and electrolytes. Urination is good. Very good.
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I noticed this when I started Doxy, but also the irritable bladder. Got even worse when I added Valtrex.
Now I'm off Doxy, but still having the same thing on just Valtrex.
I don't know why the pharmacists I've asked about this seem so clueless. It can't be that rare, can it?!
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If infection causes inflammation (as with lyme) and that causes edema (even if unnoticeable) when you attack the infection, the inflammation will decrease, thereby release the water/swelling and increasing urination.
At least, that is how it works for me. And, I gotta say that you ain't seen nothing yet if you you've not taken andrographis. The first few weeks I lost two inches around my ankles - mostly from running to the rest room to release all that water.
bejoy
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Sounds like it could be a bladder infection from yeast. This can cause similar infections to a bacterial infection. Are you on antifungals and a yeast-free sugar-free diet?
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