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Do you recommend stopping triamterene in patients with recurrent kidney stones who have stone composition results consistent with calcium based stone disease?

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Nephrology · Mayo Clinic

No. Decades ago, some triamterene containing kidney stones were reported. However, I have not seen one in many years. Typically, when I start a thiazide-type diuretic for the treatment of hypercalciuria, I do not add a potassium blocker since my patients have been instructed in a sodium-restricted d...

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