Abstract
A patient with a history of ingesting large quantities of an over-the-counter stimulant developed renal calculi that on further analysis, after stone passage, revealed increased amounts of ephedrine. Over the course of 7 months, all of the patient’s ephedrine stones were managed successfully by alkalinization. Similar to previously reported ephedrine calculi, these stones were radiolucent on x-ray imaging, but their course was monitored on serial nonenhanced computed tomography scans. We believe this to be the first reported use of alkaline therapy for the dissolution of renal stones containing ephedrine.
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