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Can corticosteroids cause increased urination polyuria?

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Corticosteroid-Associated Polyuria

Corticosteroids can cause increased urination (polyuria), most commonly through steroid-induced hyperglycemia with osmotic diuresis. [1, 2] Corticosteroids can also, rarely, precipitate a diabetes insipidus–like syndrome causing vasopressin-resistant polyuria. [3]

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