Clinics & Inpatient Care Units
Urology - Kidney Stone Centre
Medications
In addition to changes in lifestyle and diet, medications can occasionally help prevent certain type of kidney stones. The following table lists some medications that can be used in specific circumstances:
Calcium oxalate stones
-Thiazide diuretics (hydrochlorthiazide)
-Sodium cellulose phosphate
-Orthophosphates
Uric acid stones
-Allopurinol
-Potassium citrate
-Sodium bicarbonate
Inflammatory bowel disease and stones
-Cholestyramine
-Calcium supplements
-Potassium citrate
-Magnesium supplements
Low citrate in the urine
-Potassium citrate
Cystine stones
-Sodium bicarbonate
-Potassium citrate
-D-penicillamine
-Alpha-mercaptopropionylglycine (MPG)
-Captopril
Struvite stones
-Antibiotics
-Acetohydroxamic acid
