Antibiotics for Kidney Stones is a BAD Idea, Research Says

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By Mike Barrett

Taking antibiotics for kidney stones is probably a bad idea. A review of almost 300,000 patient records from the United Kingdom (UK) revealed higher rates of kidney stones in people who took 5 categories of oral antibiotics, including broad-spectrum penicillins and fluoroquinolones, which include Cipro. [1]

Broad-spectrum penicillins are antibiotics containing both penicillin and another active ingredient.

The study doesn’t prove that antibiotics cause kidney stones, but that would be a logical assumption to make based on previously-published studies. The findings of the review were concerning enough that pediatric urologist Gregory E. Tasian said that he would consider looking for alternatives to …read more

Source: naturalsociety.com

    

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