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Tue, July 31, 2007

Whenever I take my migraine meds (triptans or ergot) I urinate many times in large amounts for several hours. Does anyone know a reason for this?  I asked several pharmacists and they had no idea.
8/ 1/07 9:51am

My son usually starts urinating alot more before a migraine.

 

I have read in Teri Robert's book-"Living Well wiht Migraine Disease and Headaches-What Your Doctor Doesn't Tell You...That You Need to Know" that excessive urination is sometimes a symptom of the prodrome phase of a migraine.

8/ 1/07 1:56pm

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Prodrome, the first phase of a Migraine attack, has many varied symptoms including increased frequency of urintation. Excession urination can also be a uncommon, potential side effect of some triptans. You may want to speak with your doctor about this if it becomes troublesome.

 

One thing of importance, triptans and ergots should not be used together or within a 24 hour period of each other.

 

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8/ 1/07 5:10pm
It might not be the meds.  It might just be a part of the migraine itself.  I used to have the same issue a few years ago.  If I had a migraine going, I could count on having to go every hour on the hour.  I could've set my watch by it.  Over time, that disappeared. 
Anonymous
gaettigarson
2/10/08 11:00pm
Before I had a migraine I would have excessive urniation hours before the headache hit.  Always.  I realize now that it was part of the migraine, but wonder if it wasn't my body's coping mechanism to rid itself of pressure on those nerves.

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