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1. 1 Unruly Duckling
   Dec 3rd, 2007 at 10:10 pm

   The answer would appear to be riboflavin or B2.

   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riboflavin

   I’ve wondered about this for a while, but you finally motivated me to look it up.

2. 2 Kimmijo
   Dec 4th, 2007 at 7:18 am

   I think big doses of C do that too.

3. 3 MikeEss
   Dec 4th, 2007 at 7:19 am

   I’ve taken B-Complex vitamins did that. Very disconcerting until you realize it’s not harming anything…

4. 4 Jenonymous
   Dec 4th, 2007 at 1:01 pm

   That would be most multi-B vitamins. Why?

5. 5 Lauren
   Dec 4th, 2007 at 7:36 pm

   Whatever they give you for UTIs. Fun!

6. 6 Linnaeus
   Dec 4th, 2007 at 7:42 pm

   It’s excess riboflavin being excreted. Since most B-complex multivitamins include ribolflavin (as well as the one-a-day multivitamins that have all kinds of stuff), you’ll get bright yellow urine after taking them.

7. 7 Zuzu
   Dec 4th, 2007 at 8:24 pm

   That would be most multi-B vitamins. Why?

   Because my pee is bright yellow!

   Also, I’d heard that it was some vitamin, but I couldn’t remember which one.

   Aaaand a question like that brings out the commenters. I mean, just mention a bodily fluid, and Lauren shows up.

8. 8 julia
   Dec 4th, 2007 at 11:18 pm

   Funny, I’d've thought it’d be beta carotine (which is a precursor to A) but it’s apparently a waste product of riboflavin, which (hi, Jen!) is indeed B2.

   However, if you are taking megadoses, which it sounds as if you are if this is happening, you need to ramp up your water consumption and check your multis for fat-soluble vitamins, just in case. Overdosing A and D is A Very Bad Thing.

   /someone’s mother

9. 9 Mighty Ponygirl
   Dec 5th, 2007 at 8:33 am

   Vitamin Asparagus

10. 10 preying mantis
    Dec 5th, 2007 at 9:11 am

    “However, if you are taking megadoses, which it sounds as if you are if this is happening,”

    That happens to me just from taking my multivitamin at night, no megadoses necessary.

11. 11 mustelid
    Dec 5th, 2007 at 5:48 pm

    I get that from my once-a-day multivitamin. As long as my pee’s still yellow, I’m good. And that anti-spasm stuff you get for UTI’s always turned my pee deep orange, which would’ve been really alarming if the nurse hadn’t warned me about that side effect beforehand.

12. 12 Elaine Vigneault
    Dec 7th, 2007 at 5:36 pm

    If your pee is anything other than very light, pale yellow or clear, you should probably drink more water.

13. 13 hyo sen
    Dec 7th, 2007 at 9:01 pm

    calcium & b vits

14. 14 adventuregrrl
    Dec 9th, 2007 at 10:56 pm

    I just wanted to add that many vitamin/supplement manufacturers (particularly poorer quality) add B2 to the coating on their tablets so you’ll think they are breaking down in your gut and you are absorbing all the nutrients (see how radio-active yellow my urine is!), when they probably just going right through you more or less intact. I suppose at least you are getting your B’s…

15. 15 Lauren
    Dec 22nd, 2007 at 1:24 pm

    My ears are burning!

    This teaches me to follow up on my comment-posting.

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