Urine Crystals (Calcium Oxalates) & Mayo Clinic

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My son is still on 1/2 dose a day of Miralax. Every time we have tried

to reduce it things back up.

He started having cloudy urines sometime after starting on the Miralax

(he has SB so he is on intermittent catheterization.) I had made

comments to uro and other doctors about the cloudy urine and the

crytals we would see. All I ever got was that certain foods could do

that and no one seemed concerned. Finally in the last couple months his

urine output reduced and his urine was nearly always cloudy (upon

setting the sediment would settle to the bottom leaving the urine

clear.) So I requested our GP run some urine and blood tests and indeed

it is calcium oxalate crytals.

He has been on probiotics & Coromega for the past year( & other

supplements.) We have increased his fluid intake which has helped some.

I recently started him on B6/magnesium. I have not been able to decide

whether to start him on MOM (Milk of Magnesia) or the Magnesium Citrate.

I discovered that Mayo Clinic in Rochester has Hyperoxaluria Center. It

is one of the most experienced Centers in the world and also conducts

research. Some treatments they are using and are the B6, low oxalate

diet, probiotics, neutral phosphates and citrate.

I will let you all know what tests they run and just what we find out

after we see the doctor on the 14th.

If you are interested you can check it out at

http://www.mayoclinic.org/nephrology-rst/hyperoxaluriacenter.html