Bust up big kidney stones with tamsulosin

(American College of Emergency Physicians) Tamsulosin works no better than placebo on small kidney stones, but does improve passage of more large kidney stones than placebo does. The results of this large clinical trial evaluating tamsulosin versus placebo were published online Friday in Annals of Emergency Medicine: 'Distal Ureteric Stones and Tamsulosin: A Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Randomized, Multi-Center Trial (The DUST Trial).'

Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - July 21, 2015 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news