You are in Women, Men, Aging . Although urinary symptoms are listed as potential side effects of Zoloft, there are other possibilities to rule out before discontinuing its use. I recently started taking Zoloft. Although urinary symptoms are listed as potential side effects of Zoloft, there are other possibilities to rule out before discontinuing its use.
Bladder infections are one potential cause.
These infections are usually caused by bacteria that grow in the stool and on genital skin. Sexual intercourse often introduces these organisms into the bladder. Most physicians treat bladder infections with antibiotics even before obtaining results from urine cultures, which usually take two days. Be sure that both your urine culture and your urinalysis are negative. Occasionally when treating bladder infections, a single course of antibiotics will not be strong enough.