Help a Stone Come Out

Hi, I’m Karen Stern,

a urologist at Mayo Clinic in Phoenix, Arizona,

and part of the Kidney Stone Collaborative.

One question I’ve been posed with answering is,

what can I do to help my stone come out other than just

drinking water and waiting?

Well, good news and bad news.

Good news is you don’t have to do much more.

The bad news is you can’t do much more.

So really the most important thing is staying hydrated, stay

as well, hydrated as you can, and really it just takes time.

There is some evidence that a drug called Tamsin may help

with passing stones,

but it really matters about how big that stone is

and where it is in the ureter,

in its way down from the kidney to the bladder.

So in reality, the best thing you could do is be patient,

drink water and do your best.