Is There Any Other Medication Other Than Ciprofloxacin For Kidney Stones?

Posted on Thu, 14 Nov 2013

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Question : Is there another antibiotic besides Ciprofloxacin XXXXXXX 500 mg tab to take when you have kidney stones?

Answered by Dr. Dr. Shruti Rijhwani (27 minutes later)

Brief Answer: Follows. Detailed Answer: Dear Sir, Thank you for posting your query on XXXXXXX Well looking into your problem I would like to tell you that penicillin group of medicines like Amoxicillin will be safe to use in pateints having kidney stones if the patient is not allergic to this class of drugs . You can discuss with your treating doctor regarding this . Nitrofurantoin aand trimethoprim is another option . Take care. Dr. Shruti

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