Which salt substitutes do you recommend for your patients with recurrent nephrolithiasis who have hypercalciuria from excess sodium chloride intake?
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Nephrology · Mayo Clinic
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As the questioner correctly implies, dietary sodium will worsen hypercalciuria. For hypercalciuric calcium stone formers, I recommend a no-sodium-added diet. Non-sodium salt substitutes are permissible. I do not have a brand preference. If the patient has renal insufficiency, potassium-containing su...
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Nephrology · University of Chicago Medicine
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In practice, as opposed to theory, I never use salt substitutes. I want patients to reduce use of sodium chloride as a life habit and work toward that end. I have no experience with salt substitutes, therefore.
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