What medicine to take for urinary tract stones

  Urinary tract stones include upper urinary tract stones and lower urinary tract stones. Taking medication for urinary tract stones includes medication for stone removal, medication for lithotripsy and symptomatic medication.  Drug lithotripsy: For smooth stones less than 5 mm in diameter, if there is no obstruction in the urinary tract below the stone, and the stone does not cause complete obstruction, you can take lithotripsy flush with more water and proper exercise to help the stone discharge. α-blockers and calcium ion blockers also have the effect of soothing the smooth machine and promoting the discharge of kidney stones to the ureter to the bladder and out of the body.  Lithotripsy: By changing the pH value of urine, it increases the solubility of stone minerals and reduces the size of stones as much as possible to achieve the purpose of clinical treatment. It is commonly used for uric acid stones and cystine stones. Uric acid stones can be dissolved by alkalinizing the urine with sodium bicarbonate, potassium hydrogen citrate, and acetazolamide, a carbonic anhydrase inhibitor. Cystine stones can be treated with cystine-lowering drugs, such as thioprostenol and acetylcysteine.  Symptomatic drug treatment: urinary stones can have acute attacks of renal colic, which require oral pain medication, such as non-steroidal painkillers, containing nifedipine, and also anal plugging of indomethacin suppositories for pain relief. If the diagnosis of renal colic caused by kidney stones is clear in the hospital, some intramuscular injections such as 654-2, Dulcolax, etc. can be used. If the kidney stone is combined with infection, antibiotics are needed.  What medicine to take for urinary tract stones depends on the composition and size of the stones and whether they are combined with acute symptoms, etc. Patients should not use their own medicine, but should go to a regular hospital for consultation and treatment.