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Drugs For Bladder Stones?

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Hello all! Hope you had a lovely Christmas and New Year :) So, for the purposes of my studies, i'm needed some advice on drugs which will hep to flush out bladder stones (which are small enough to pass). I've got extra fluid and a lubricant like Rowatinex, but what else could be used? I'm thinking a diuretic, but is there anything else?
Thanks!
 
I was given potassium citrate for stones and have used cartrophen for bladder inflammation on my P.

My Wilma has been given diuretic for sludge.
 
My bladder stone pig is on prophylactic antibiotics (Baytril at a dose of 0.3 mL daily), but it isn't intended to flush out the stone. Hers is too large to be flushed. It's intent is to keep the bacterial load in her bladder down to prevent chronic UTIs.
 
The only one I've heard of being used is the Rowatinex. Let me know if you find anything else!
 
I was given potassium citrate for one of our boars but when I went to a guinea pig savvy vet she told me not to give it to him and said it's not proven to work on guinea's as it's never been tested.

Just edited my post to show you what one of the vets said.

"Potassium citrate ( or ideally potassium magnesium citrate) does seem to be useful in preventing recurrence of stone formation in guinea pigs. We can also use diuresis , giving plants with diuretic properties can help such as dandelions, plantain and yarrow, we sometimes also use low dose of diuretic hydroclorothiazide suspension, this has to be compounded into a suspension ( it is a human product) , potassium supplement (and sometimes salt supplement ) is needed when on this but the potassium citrate is adequate for that. the presence of bacteria infection in the bladder will exacerbate stone formation so adequate control of this is required."
 
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