If you ask your pharmacist about a good drug for helping pain of kidney stones, the answer will probably get is Pyridium. it is a urinary tract pain reliever and its supposed to numb up the bladder and ureter tubes.
However, An off label use of Flomax (Tamsulosin) to pass kidney stone have been widely used by physicians over the last few years.
The use of Alpha-blockers for the treatment of distal ureteral stones arose from the concept that they can induce selective relaxation of the ureteral smooth muscle, which will inhibit ureteral spasms and result in dilatation off the ureteral lumen. Their use has thus become accepted practice.
One of the problems that have been facing patients in the pharmacy how ever, and specifically female patients is that this off-label use is not very well-known to many pharmacists. Problems range between pharmacists refusing providing the medication to a female patient to insurance not covering the medication for kidney stones conditions.
Isn't time that this off-label use be realized by pharmacists everywhere?
However, An off label use of Flomax (Tamsulosin) to pass kidney stone have been widely used by physicians over the last few years.
The use of Alpha-blockers for the treatment of distal ureteral stones arose from the concept that they can induce selective relaxation of the ureteral smooth muscle, which will inhibit ureteral spasms and result in dilatation off the ureteral lumen. Their use has thus become accepted practice.
One of the problems that have been facing patients in the pharmacy how ever, and specifically female patients is that this off-label use is not very well-known to many pharmacists. Problems range between pharmacists refusing providing the medication to a female patient to insurance not covering the medication for kidney stones conditions.
Isn't time that this off-label use be realized by pharmacists everywhere?