MINERAL AND PLANT ORIGIN DRUGS FOR THE TREATMENT AND PREVENTION OF UROLITHIASIS

• Main Authors: M. H. Kochkarov, A. M. Shevchenko
• Format: Article
• Language: Russian
• Published: Pyatigorsk Medical and Pharmaceutical Institute - branch of Volgograd State Medical University 2015-12-01
• Series: Farmaciâ i Farmakologiâ (Pâtigorsk)
• Subjects: urolithiasis; potassium citrate; sodium citrate; rubia tinctorum extract; equisetum arvense dry extract; chlorophyll; humic acids.
• Online Access: https://www.pharmpharm.ru/jour/article/view/165

The review points out the reasons and mechanisms of urolithiasis appearance, methods of its prevention, surgery, distant and contact lithotripsy, and drug treatment of urolithiasis with the use of thiazide diuretics, citric blend, magnesium drugs, vitamin B6, and phytodrugs. On the basis of the literature data analysis there is a conclusion about the possibility of usage of several systems of impact: citric complex, phytocomponents, and the complex of magnesium ions with pyridoxine hydrochloride.