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Nutrition
Diet and medication therapy for kidney stones
As a nephrology pharmacy specialist, you will get questions about how to prevent kidney stones. Calcium stones especially calcium oxalate stones, account for about 80% of kidney stones. And about 50% of patients with a first kidney stone will have another within 5 years without any treatment. NUTRITIONAL AND DIETARY THERAPIES Emphasize dietary changes first.…
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Nephrology and Urology
When alpha-blockers may be helpful for kidney stones
The controversy continues over whether alpha-blockers facilitate the passage of kidney stones. Tamsulosin or other alpha-blockers are commonly used to relax the ureters to help pass renal stones, but the evidence is conflicting. Low quality studies have shown an increased passage of kidney stones with doxazosin, terazosin, alfuzosin, and silodosin. Terazosin and doxa…
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