title: [Pharmacologic treatment of urinary stones].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To describe the pharmacotherapy of urinary lithiasis.
  
  
  METHODS
  Results of a literature search (PubMed) was summarized by an experts board.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The incidence of urolithiasis constantly increases in industrialized countries and its prevalence in France is estimated around 10% in the general population. Due to its high recurrence rate urolithiasis is a public health concern. Significant progresses in both surgery and pharmacotherapy during the last thirty years markedly improve prognostic of high recurrence risk patients.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Better understanding of the physiologic disturbances involve in stone formation has allowed to identify at lest one factor in every subset of patient in which diet and pharmacotherapy will reduce the recurrence rate. In this review are discussed treatments of the crisis as well as the metabolic treatment.
authors.affiliation: Service d'urologie, université Pierre et Marie Curie, hôpital Tenon, 4, rue de la Chine, 75020 Paris, France. Electronic address: steeve.doizi@gmail.com.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Doizi
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Letendre
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Bensalah
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Traxer
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002614:Chelating Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D019343:Citric Acid / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D008715:Methionine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D049993:Sodium Chloride Symporter Inhibitors / Q000627:therapeutic use; D014545:Urinary Calculi / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology; D014552:Urinary Tract Infections / Q000150:complications; D014556:Urine / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D002614:Chelating Agents; D049993:Sodium Chloride Symporter Inhibitors; D019343:Citric Acid; D008715:Methionine
keywords: Lithiase urinaire; Medical treatment; Traitement médical; Urinary lithiasis