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Do you reduce the potassium citrate dose for patients with recurrent calcium oxalate nephrolithiasis who are started on the medication but experience persistently elevated urinary pH levels above 7.0?

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Nephrology · Mayo Clinic

Yes. Urine pH that high may induce the formation of calcium phosphate stones. However, it is unusual for standard doses of potassium citrate to raise urine pH that much. I suggest you get a urine culture looking for urease-producing bacteria that can metabolize urea to ammonium and grow struvite sto...

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Do you reduce the potassium citrate dose for patients with recurrent calcium oxalate nephrolithiasis who are started on the medication but experience persistently elevated urinary pH levels above 7.0? | Mednet