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2. Kidney stone disease - Wikipedia

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   Kidney stone disease, also known as renal calculus disease, nephrolithiasis or urolithiasis, is a crystallopathy where a solid piece of material (renal calculus) develops in the urinary tract. [2] Renal calculi typically form in the kidney and leave the body in the urine stream. [2] A small calculus may pass without causing symptoms. [2]

3. Tamsulosin - Wikipedia

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   Tamsulosin, sold under the brand names including Flomax and Contiflo, is a medication used to treat symptomatic benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) and chronic prostatitis and to help with the passage of kidney stones. [6] [7] [8] The evidence for benefit with a kidney stone is better when the stone is larger. [8] Tamsulosin is taken by mouth. [6]

4. Alkali citrate - Wikipedia

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   Alkaline citrates are used to prevent recurrent calcium stone formation. [13] [14] [15] [5] This is one of the major types of kidney stones. [16] [17] The citrate salts can increase urine citrate, which binds with urine calcium, reduces supersaturation of calcium salts, and inhibits crystal formation. [18] [8] This helps prevent kidney stones ...

5. Nifedipine - Wikipedia

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   Nifedipine is one of the main choices for the treatment of Prinzmetal angina due to its vasodilating effects on the coronary arteries. [2] Other uses include painful spasms of the esophagus such as from cancer or tetanus. [medical citation needed] It is also used for the small subset of people with pulmonary hypertension. [medical citation needed]

6. Calculus (medicine) - Wikipedia

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   A number of important medical conditions are caused by stones: [citation needed] Nephrolithiasis (kidney stones) Can cause hydronephrosis (swollen kidneys) and kidney failure; Can predispose to pyelonephritis (kidney infections) Can progress to urolithiasis; Urolithiasis (urinary bladder stones) Can progress to bladder outlet obstruction

7. Potassium citrate - Wikipedia

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   Medicinally, it may be used to control kidney stones derived from uric acid or cystine. In 2020, it was the 297th most commonly prescribed medication in the United States, with more than 1 million prescriptions. [2] [3]