Long-term acidification of urine in patients treated for infected renal stones

The effects of ammonium chloride, methenamine hippurate and ascorbic acid on urinary pH was studied in 14 normal subjects. A statistically significant reduction of urinary pH was recorded with ammonium chloride in daily doses of 1.5 and 3 g, but not with 2 g of methenamine hippurate or 1.8 g of asco...

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Published in:	Urologia internationalis Vol. 45; no. 6; p. 336
Main Authors:	Wall, I, Tiselius, H G
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Switzerland 1990
Subjects:	Adult Ammonium Chloride - therapeutic use Anti-Infective Agents, Urinary - therapeutic use Ascorbic Acid - therapeutic use Female Hippurates - therapeutic use Humans Hydrogen-Ion Concentration Kidney Calculi - drug therapy Kidney Calculi - urine Male Methenamine - analogs & derivatives Methenamine - therapeutic use Middle Aged Recurrence Time Factors Urinary Tract Infections - drug therapy Urinary Tract Infections - urine Urine - chemistry
ISSN:	0042-1138
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