Stone dissolving drugs for kidney stones include alkaline citrate, bicarbonate, diuretics, etc. It is necessary to choose the appropriate stone dissolving drugs according to the type of stones and the use of drugs should be under the guidance of doctors.
1. Alkaline citrate: this type of drug is mainly applicable to uric acid stones and cystine stones, combined with bicarbonate drugs to alkalize the urine, thus reducing the deposition of stones. The representative drugs are sodium potassium hydrogen citrate, which is prohibited for those who are allergic to the drug, acute or chronic renal failure patients, severe imbalance of acid-base balance or chronic urinary tract urethanolysis bacterial infection.
2. Bicarbonate: also mainly play the role of alkalinization of urine, common drugs such as sodium bicarbonate, sodium bicarbonate allergy need to be prohibited.
3. Diuretics: suitable for oxalate stones, phosphate stones, etc., by promoting urinary excretion to reduce calcium deposition. Commonly used drugs are hydrochlorothiazide, anuric patients, patients allergic to the drug and sulfonamides are prohibited.