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Do you routinely prescribe acetazolamide for patients with cystinuria who do not have significant urinary alkalinization or are intolerant to citrate therapy?

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Nephrology · Mayo Clinic

I have not used acetazolamide in this situation, although it makes good physiological sense, as urinary alkalinization increases urine cystine solubility. Sodium bicarbonate would be a bad idea because natriuresis increases cystinuria. I have used potassium citrate historically, and it is generally ...

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