Would you start allopurinol for a patient with uric acid kidney stones who does not have hyperuricemia or hyperuricosuria?
Answer from: at Academic Institution
Definitely not! The main risk factor for uric acid kidney stones is neither hyperuricemia nor hyperuricosuria; it is hyperaciduria. Typically uric acid stone formers have a urine pH below 5.8. Raising urine pH into the mid 6s will not only stop new stone formation and existing stone growth; it will ...
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at U Chicago The only reason to use Allopurinol would be for hy...
The only reason to use Allopurinol would be for hy...