admin on December 12th, 2007

Another medicine beside Captopril that could be used as an alternative drug when dealing with cystine kidney stones is Tiopronin. This drug could dissolving cystine in the urine and reduces the cystine level and further makes cystine kidney stones less likely to develop. Tiopronin can be found in the drugstore as Thiola.

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admin on December 10th, 2007

Another unpopular kidney stones besides cystine kidney stones are sturvite kidney stones, which is less popular comparing to calcium or uric acid kidney stones. Stuvite kidney stones develop from crystallite material in urine, if this continues it will big enough to block the urinary system and bring lot of trouble including extreme pain.

Urease Inhibitors with [...]

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admin on December 6th, 2007

I was got up at 5 am in the morning and being surprise when an extreme pain hit me at my rear. It was really agonising and it hard to described how painful it was. Maybe it might similar with pain delivered by labouring a baby. It was horrible experience. At that time, I still [...]

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admin on December 4th, 2007

The main function of Cholestyramine is attaches to bile in the intestine, this action could limits the oxalate level that intestines absorb. Most of calcium oxalate kidney stones form because of high-level of oxalate found in the urine. Reduces the oxalate level means less risk of calcium oxalate kidney stones being develop. People who have [...]

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admin on December 2nd, 2007

Comparing to others kidney stones form factors, cystine kidney stones likely far from being known, since most of kidney stones case dominated by calcium kidney stones. But yet, it still a -must face- kidney stones cases, whether is popular or not. One of common medicine that doctor and paramedic likely suggest is Captopril, which is [...]

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