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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Urology. 2019 Apr 18;129:180–187. doi: 10.1016/j.urology.2019.04.012

Table 4.

Claim-based prevalence of kidney stones medication use by medication class among children with kidney stones and with continuous enrollment in private insurance for 120 days following the kidney stone event, overall and by year, 2005-2016*

All
years
2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
Total kidney stone events Prevale nce by medication class 16,815 1,432 1,581 1,577 1,569 1,576 1,486 1,462 1,377 1,308 1,130 1,200 1,117
 Any medication class 46.9 41.1 43.6 46.7 45.6 47.1 48.1 49.2 49.8 51.5 49.1 49.3 42.7
 Any medication class except opioids 17.9 7.7 8.0 11.4 13.2 13.1 16.3 21.3 23.3 27.5 28.0 28.5 26.1
Alkalizing agent 7.4 5.7 5.6 7.4 7.2 6.5 7.8 7.7 8.9 9.7 8.0 8.1 6.5
Ammonia detoxicant 0.01 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Heavy metal antago nist 0.02 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.2 0.0 0.0
Opiate agonist 39.9 36.7 39.3 41.4 40.5 41.8 41.1 41.3 41.5 42.1 40.7 38.8 32.0
 Alpha blockers 10.6 1.5 1.8 4.2 5.9 6.7 8.8 13.8 14.6 17.9 20.4 20.8 20.1
Calcium channel blockers 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.1 0.4 0.3 0.4 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.8 1.2 0.6
 Other 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.6 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.1 0.3 0.3 0.1 0.0 0.0
*

Source: De-identified Optum© Clinformatics® Data Mart, 2004-2016