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Posted 9/16/2022 12:50 PM (GMT 0)
Any one with CKD on Furosemide AM & PM?

How do you manage the urine output being more at night and less in the day time? Is there a way to reverse this by some sort of plan so that the output is more in the day and less at night ?
Posted 9/16/2022 4:15 PM (GMT 0)
Seeker, this forum is super, super slow. How long have you been on Furosemide? The reason I ask is when I was first put on it I was constantly running to the bathroom for a few hours right after taking it. After about 2 weeks I started leveling off once it started getting the fluid off of me. You may want to take it earlier in the morning. I take my 2nd dose at 2:00 in the afternoon, I don't want to be up & down all night having my sleep interrupted.

Sorry I'm not much help.
Posted 9/16/2022 8:24 PM (GMT 0)
Thanks Susie. Its my elderly dad actually. I give him his first dose at 6am and the second around 4:30pm. Unfortunately he passes little urine through the day but then is up quite a bit at night to let out the majority of his urine output through the night. Overall his urine output is fine. We were asked to keep a 10hr gap between the two doses. But am hoping to figure out a way he can have a more restful sleep at night and pee through the mornings instead. Any idea why one would pee more at night than in the day? He is drinking the same amount AM and PM so it is probably not the timings of the water intake.

He has been on it for several years now on one dose. But now a PM dose has been added
Posted 9/16/2022 10:03 PM (GMT 0)
Try giving him the 2nd dose between 12:00 & 12:30. Nothing to drink after 7:30, see if that helps. As we age we have to really watch drinking anything in the late evening or we are up & down all night.

My next thought is his age & has he seen a urologist for an evaluation? Older men can develop increased urination at night time, there is medication especially for this issue, it's common. Also the size of the prostate, if a large one can cause the frequent night time urination. If your dad hasn't seen a dr for this, I suggest getting in to the dr & ask to be seen by a urologist.
Posted 9/17/2022 8:25 PM (GMT 0)
Thanks Susie for all these helpful tips. Will have him see a Urologist too
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