Oral antibiotics may raise risk of kidney stones.
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Pediatric researchers have found that children and adults treated with some oral antibiotics have a significantly higher risk of developing kidney stones.
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This is the first time that these medicines have been linked to this condition.
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The strongest risks appeared at younger ages and among patients most recently exposed to antibiotics.
Gregory E. Tasian, Thomas Jemielita, David S. Goldfarb, Lawrence Copelovitch, Jeffrey S. Gerber, Qufei Wu, Michelle R. Denburg. Oral Antibiotic Exposure and Kidney Stone Disease. Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, 2018; ASN.2017111213 DOI: 10.1681/ASN.2017111213
