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Tolvaptan might prevent kidney stone formation

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Tolvaptan, an arginine vasopressin receptor antagonist, decreases urinary supersaturation in kidney stone formers by considerably increasing diuresis, suggesting that this drug might be an effective therapy for reducing the risk of developing kidney stones in these patients.

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  1. Emmanuel Letavernier and Michel Daudon are at the Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06, UMR S 702, F-75020, Paris, France; INSERM, UMR S 1155, F-75020, Paris, France; and the Physiology Unit, AP-HP, Hôpital Tenon, F-75020, Paris, France.,

    Emmanuel Letavernier & Michel Daudon

  2. INSERM, UMR S 1155, F-75020, Paris, France,

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Letavernier, E., Daudon, M. Tolvaptan might prevent kidney stone formation. Nat Rev Urol 13, 130–131 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1038/nrurol.2016.11

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