Vascular causes like renal artery stenosis can also contribute. Intrinsic renal: Due to direct damage to the kidney tissue (e.g. glomerulonephritis, acute tubular necrosis).

The patients who did (n=6701) and did not (n=6289) use diuretics at baseline had mean ages of 65.71±9.10 and 63.76±9.85 years, 70.1% and 69.3% were men, they had a BMI of 32.55±6.03 and 29.98± ...

BOSTON — Long-acting diuretic chlorthalidone may increase the risk for kidney stones in adults who have previously had them, according to findings presented at the National Kidney Foundation ...

Meeting Coverage > NKF One Diuretic May Be Better for Hypertensive Patients With Kidney Stone History — Secondary analysis compared chlorthalidone and hydrochlorothiazide by Kristen Monaco ...

The need to intensify oral diuretic therapy in patients who have heart failure with mildly reduced or preserved ejection fraction (HFmrEF/HFpEF) is significantly decreased with finerenone (Kerendia; ...

In 1 subject 500 mg. of chlorothiazide was given intravenously fifty minutes after a typical diuretic response to 25 mg. of hydrochlorothiazide had been induced.

Meeting Coverage > NKF Draw Between Two Diuretics for Renal Prevention in Hypertension — But researcher questions if patients were underdosed by Kristen Monaco, Senior Staff Writer, MedPage ...

Within the prior 24 months, I have had a financial relationship with a company producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients: Receive the the ...

Mendelian Randomization Analysis of Genetic Proxies of Thiazide Diuretics and the Reduction of Kidney Stone Risk. JAMA Network Open, 2023; 6 (11): e2343290 DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.43290 ...

More information: Jefferson L. Triozzi et al, Mendelian Randomization Analysis of Genetic Proxies of Thiazide Diuretics and the Reduction of Kidney Stone Risk, JAMA Network Open (2023).

Kidney stones affect nearly 10% of the global population. For more than three decades, thiazide diuretics, a common medication used for high blood pressure, have been the standard of care for ...