Does anyone still use urocit-k for kidney stones?

Yes to Urocit-K: Commonly used brand name form of potassium citrate in the management of uric acid stones. Comes in a wax-matrix tablet - since the human body cannot digest wax, the tablet is extruded "whole" after the medication is extracted from it. Some physicians are coerced into using generic sodium citrate/bicarbonate; sodium potentiates renal calcium excretion - bad idea in a stone former.

Yes: Potassium citrate is a useful drug for prevention of many, if not most types of stone formation. Though there may be different metabolic defects in different people who form calcium oxalate stones, k-citrate has been shown to improve urinary citrate excretion and thus binding of urinary calcium. In addition, increased urine ph can help reduce uric acid stone formation.

Urocit K (potassium citrate): Sure - it is widely used and is very effective. The only challenge is the tablet number. It becomes "easier" to intake citrate by a liquid formulation : Bicitra (citric acid and sodium citrate) or Polycitra or ReaLemon Extract or Orange Juice......these all are excellent alternatives.