Journal Reviews

Preventive pharmacological therapy for kidney stones

1 May 2016 | | Endourology and Stones | drug therapy, kidney calculi, medication adherence, patient compliance, prevention and control

Kidney stones are common, painful and are a chronic disease with a high lifetime risk of recurrence. Without treatment 35-50% of patients experience a second stone within five years of their first experience. Thiazide diuretics, alkali citrate treatment and allopurinol...