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What is your approach to patients with recurrent nephrolithiasis and hypercalciuria who are unable to tolerate thiazide diuretics due to hyperglycemia?

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Nephrology · Mayo Clinic

I think it is a risk-benefit analysis. The answer depends on the severity of the stone disease and the severity of the hyperglycemia. Obviously, controlling hyperglycemia would have multiple benefits, and I would certainly proceed along that route. But if the calcium-based kidney stone disease is se...

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