Do you recommend using methionine to acidify the urine in patients with alkaline urine and recurrent calcium phosphate nephrolithiasis?
Answer from: at Academic Institution
I have not used it. Many of these patients have a partial renal tubular acidosis and will develop a metabolic acidemia if so treated. I suggest checking a urinary acidification test before prescribing it.
Stephen B. Erickson, MD
It is effective.