Category

• Alkalizer, systemic Potassium Citrate and Citric Acid; Sodium Citrate and Citric Acid; Tricitrates
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• Antiurolithic, calcium phosphate calculi Potassium Citrate; Potassium Citrate and Citric Acid
• Antiurolithic, cystine calculi Potassium Citrate; Potassium Citrate and Citric Acid; Potassium Citrate and Sodium Citrate; Sodium Citrate and Citric Acid; Tricitrates
• Antiurolithic, uric acid calculi Potassium Citrate; Potassium Citrate and Citric Acid; Potassium Citrate and Sodium Citrate; Sodium Citrate and Citric Acid; Tricitrates
• Buffer, neutralizing Sodium Citrate and Citric Acid; Tricitrates

Description Drug

Citrates - SIH-trayts are using to make the urine more alkaline - less acid. This helps prevent certain kinds of kidney stones. Citrates are sometimes using with other medication to help treat kidney stones that may occur with gout. They are also using to make the blood more alkaline in certain conditions.

Citrates are available only with your family doctor's prescription, in the following dosage forms:

Oral
• Potassium Citrate
  • Tablets - USA
• Potassium Citrate and Citric Acid
  • Oral solution - USA
  • Crystals for oral solution - USA
• Potassium Citrate and Sodium Citrate
  • Tablets - USA
• Sodium Citrate and Citric Acid
  • Oral solution - USA and Canada
• Tricitrates
  • Oral solution - USA

Brand Names

Some commonly using brand names are:

In the USA

• Bicitra ⁴
• Citrolith
• Oracit ⁴
• Polycitra-K
• Polycitra-K Crystals
• Polycitra-LC ⁵
• Polycitra Syrup ⁵
• Urocit-K

In Canada

• Oracit ⁴

Other commonly using names for sodium citrate and citric acid are Albright's solution and modified Shohl's solution .

For quick reference, the following citrates are numbered to match the corresponding brand names.