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Are there patients with recurrent nephrolithiasis for who you recommend magnesium supplementation to reduce stone risk?

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Nephrology · Medical College of Wisconsin

While magnesium supplementation may be justified on theoretical grounds, I have never used magnesium supplements as a treatment exclusively for kidney stones. I have only ever seen or used magnesium supplementation in stone patients that had concurrent hypomagnesemia.

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