excessive urination
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Does any one have the side effect of needing to urinate more especially at night.Since going on 10 mg of amlodipine i can't stop going to the loo every five minutes.What have other people done about the excessive urination?
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Stan
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I am 76 and have been on Amlodipine for some years to lower blood pressure which appeared overnight in March 1998 following a major brain operation for the removal of a benign tumour. Although I make a point of not drinking after 5.00 pm I still spend the night going to and from the toilet where I pass a considerable amount of urine. I have no problem during the day! It baffles me, and I think I will try abandoning the drug and, at the same time, I will closely monitor by BP using my own monitor.
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I had that problem with hydrochlorothiazide, except it kept me from urinating almost at all with the exception of a very small amount during the day then all hell would break loose around 4 am. It's called a paradoxical effect. Got off the hctz and only took lisinopril and I peed so much during the day every day it was ridiculous. Off any bp meds so far for about six months but may have to get back on due to urinary interference for hours after exercising
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I also have this problem. I never needed to get up to go to the toilet in the night (unless I had drunk a lot of beer!)
After being on amlodipine for 18 months, I probably have to get up 5 nights a week between 4 and 6am which seriously upsets my sleep pattern.
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I am glad to see I am NOT the only one. I pee so much that I lost a lot of potassium which gave me hell of cramps in my legs and I could not move my legs because of it. Right now I am peeing like hell. I have to speak with my doc to switch me to another medication. Thanks for all of you guys opinion, it really helped me.
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