Melissa, TX
A 56-year-old female asked:
what causes green urine?
3 doctor answers • 3 doctors weighed in
Dr. Stuart Hickerson answered
Family Medicine 32 years experience
Icterus: The most likely cause for green urine is
billirubin in your urine. Billirubin elevates in your systerm when you are jaundice.
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Dr. Heidi Fowler answered
Psychiatry 25 years experience
Green urine: Reasons for green urine include food dyes, medications (indocin, diprivan, amitriptyline), pseudomonas urinary tract infection or medical problems like ^ bilirubin.
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Dr. Simon Kimm answered
Urology 16 years experience
Usually dyes or meds: There are few diseases that would result in green urine. Usually, green urine comes from dyes such as green or blue food coloring, or from ingestion of black licorice. Amitriptyline or Indomethacin can impart a greenish tinge to the urine. Multivitamins and supplements, can also create intense coloration of the urine. Foul odor and burning pain could point to a UTI cause.
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A 35-year-old member asked:
What usually causes green urine?
1 doctor answer • 1 doctor weighed in
Dr. George Klauber answered
Specializes in Pediatric Urology
Rare, the following:: Medications: amitriptylene, indomethacin, propofol, occasionally Nitrofurantoin (more commonly bright yellow). Occasional psudomonas UTI causes green urine. Dyes used in food coloring or Methylene Blue used for some urine tests can make urine blue or green because of comination with yellow of urine.
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A 25-year-old female asked:
I have been having bright yellow (almost green) urine. What could this mean? How can I fix it?
1 doctor answer • 2 doctors weighed in
Dr. Donald Colantino answered
Internal Medicine 61 years experience
Urine: Bright yellow urine is not necessarily abnormal and can be seen after taking some B vitamins or not drinking enough fluids. If you have further concerns have your physician order a urinalysis.
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