Urine always yellow

im on imuran and mesalamine
anyone else like this also?

When I researched 6mp, I read that with purine drugs (like Imuran and 6mp) you should drink extra water. some such warning was even on my bottle of 6mp.

Mesalamine will turn it yellow. Gastro medical staff know that happens, but if you have urinalysis done for other conditions be sure to mention that you take mesalamine to additional staff treating you. For lab purposes in USA the "normal" color of urine is "straw"! / Old Hat (34 yrs with left-sided UC; presently in remission taking brandname Colazal)

Light to medium yellow is normal. If you are having a dark yellow, try increasing your water intake. Also, urine gives off a certain odor - some say almond'y but if it's particularly strong increasing fluids will help with that as well.

Imuran definetly causes like a neon yello colour urine. I take it also and spoke about it to my GI nurse who confirmed that it is a very normal side effect of taking the drug. It doesn't mean anything serious. If you look at the imuran tablets you will notice that they are a very pale yellow colour so it's just the colouring used in the meds that gives your urine the colour. I fine upping my water intake makes the urine less of a neon yellow colour!

Nursemb23 said...
Also, do you take a multivitamin, that often will cause a neon yellow color

Your urine is bright yellow after taking a multivitamin because you are peeing out much of what you just too.

Drink more water and clear liquids throughout the day. If the pee is very dark, talk to your doctor and see a kidney specialist in order to make sure everything is alright. Having dark urine is normal, don't panic, try to balance things out with an increased intake of water. The trick is to keep a litre of water on you at all times and make sure you drink it as often as is necessary for your height, weight, and fluctuating hydration needs.

Red_34 said...
Light to medium yellow is normal. If you are having a dark yellow, try increasing your water intake. Also, urine gives off a certain odor - some say almond'y but if it's particularly strong increasing fluids will help with that as well.

do you mean ammonia smelling? I've never heard of almond'y smelling pee lol.

multi with B or b vitamins do cause the urine to become yellower than normal. Not necessarily darker.

More water throughout the day as suggested will dilute that.

I've never been on Imuran, so can't comment.

It's possible 5ASA would also turn it yellower, but it's a much more diluted form through the urinary tract system.

Absolutely get it checked as well as kidney function testing.

q

Drink more water! For those who say pee is supposed to be yellow, not true. If you drink enough water every day it'll be clear. When I was on the rowing team, our coach always told us if we didn't pee clear before a race, we needed to chug more water.