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What Is Best to Dissolve/ Expel Calcium Oxide Kidney Stones?

Posted By Vicky (Bc, Canada) on 02/07/2012

I just had two laser surgery for my kidney stones. I had stone on both kidneys. I know that I have calcium oxide stones.

What is the best to dissolve this kind of stones? I have been drinking Apple cider vinegar for almost a year. My urologist told me that when he was removing laser out my stones it looks like I have jello looking substance inside my kidneys that holds the stones so this is probably why I had such a hard time to expel these stones from my kidneys.

I tried many different things to expel these stones but nothing worked so I went for the surgery.

It was painful so I want to make sure that it will not happen again. Please help.

Replied by Sylvie (Red Deer, Alberta) on 05/13/2012

I did some research on the net because I have the same problem and I am tired of having kidney stones and wake up in the morning with extreme pain... I came across a natural remedy that you can get at your naturalist store like Nutter I get mine there and it's called Chanca Piedra (stone breaker) it's a kidney support and help the prevention of kidney stones and bladder infection also, I take one per day and it was prouvent to work well. If your in Brithish Columbia one bottle will cost you for 90 capsul 30.00 to 32.00$ but it's good for 3 month so for not having the pain again it's worths paying that. Hope this help and if you want major info google it. And if you can get it there's the internet you can buy it from, You can found the capsul or in liquide, but where I take mine they only have the capsul and try to drink 6-8 glasses of water per day if you can, I have a hard time drinking because i'm never thirsty but I try to keep my urine clear and I drink alot before going to bed at lease so in the morning my urine is clear at lease. Anyway good luck and hope I did help.

Replied by Stoneguru (Omaha Nebraska) on 02/24/2014

Unfortunately, there is really nothing that is known to dissolve calcium oxalate stones. They are the hardest type of stone material and just won't dissolve. There is also no clear, official scientific information on the effectiveness of chanca piedra but it's not likely to do any harm either.

My main purpose in making this posting is to warn about the use of vinegar for the treatment of stones. Vinegar is a dilute solution of acetic acid and this causes an extra acid load on the body. Such an alternation in the normal acid/base balance requires the body to retain urinary citrate to keep the blood acid level properly balanced. This urinary citrate is the body's main defense, other than fluid volume, against the creation of kidney stones so any treatment that reduces urinary citrate is likely to cause more stones, not less. I would urge anyone reading this who is using vinegar treatment for kidney stones to stop and it is probably doing more harm than good.

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