Would you start stone preventative medications such as potassium citrate and thiazide diuretics for patients with recurrent calcium based nephrolithiasis and abnormal 24 hour urine chemistries if they no longer have calculi on most recent imaging testing?  

Typically, nephrolithiasis is a recurrent disease process. Treatment is therefore generally lifelong. However, if you have imaging evidence that there has been no recurrence of new stones or growth of existing stones within the last year, this meets my definition of “metabolic inactivity&rdqu...