ReviewNutrients2023
Kidney Stone Prevention: Is There a Role for Complementary and Alternative Medicine?
Review in Nutrients, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.
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- Health literacy and attitudes toward complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) among patients with urolithiasis.BMC complementary medicine and therapies · 2026Article
- Mendelian randomization study of micronutrients and development of CKD in a Korean population.Nutrition journal · 2025Article
- Phytotherapy in Urolithiasis: An Updated Overview of Current Knowledge.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Review
- Systematic review of pharmacological, complementary, and alternative therapies for the prevention of calcium oxalate stones.Asian journal of urology · 2025Review
- Barriers to hydration and dietary sodium reduction for kidney stone prevention: a population-based study with 12-month clinical outcomes.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- Pathophysiology and Main Molecular Mechanisms of Urinary Stone Formation and Recurrence.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024Review
- Kidney stones: natural remedies and lifestyle modifications to alleviate their burden.International urology and nephrology · 2024Review
- Investigation of the application of Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) in elderly patients undergoing surgery for kidney stones.American journal of translational research · 2024Article
- Chemical Studies of Multicomponent Kidney Stones Using the Modern Advanced Research Methods.Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
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Abstract
Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) is often implemented in kidney stone patients. It consists of preparations including different ingredients, such as herbs, probiotics, and vitamins, often together with alkali, that are classified within the dietary supplementation category. The majority of dietary supplements claiming to treat or prevent kidney stones contain ingredients with conflicting or no scientific evidence to support their claims. Clinicians should advise stone formers that the effects of most supplements are unknown or unstudied in humans and that the absence of evidence does not imply absence of potential harm. Unfortunately, the CAM preparation consists of a mix of different molecules, often including alkali, with different potential mechanisms of action and, even when favorable results are reported, the role of the single molecules cannot be assessed. Despite all these concerns, CAM products remain quite popular among kidney stone patients. The scarce knowledge in this field prevents one from recommending CAM products in daily clinical practice; only a weak suggestion for their use in kidney stone patients may be reasonable.
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