People with kidney stone pain often take painkillers first. Common tablets like Voveran, Brufen, Combiflam, or Dolo are frequently used for relief. Some patients are also given “stone medicines” such as tamsulosin-based tablets and assume the stone will dissolve or disappear.
These medicines serve very different purposes, and misunderstanding their role is one of the main reasons kidney stone treatment gets delayed.
No.
Painkillers reduce pain.
Stone medicines help the urinary tract function better.
Neither category automatically removes the stone.
Kidney stone pain occurs due to:
Pain is often sudden, severe, and wave-like.
Painkillers are prescribed to control pain, not to treat the stone.
Doctors may prescribe medicines such as:
These medicines work by reducing inflammation and blocking pain signals.
Painkillers do not:
Pain relief does not mean the stone is gone.
Pain may reduce because:
This often creates false reassurance, leading to delayed evaluation.
Stone medicines are prescribed to support stone passage, not pain relief alone.
Doctors may prescribe medicines such as:
These medicines:
Stone medicines cannot:
Painkillers
Stone medicines
Using one without understanding the other leads to incomplete care.
This happens when:
At this stage, medicines alone are not enough.
Medical evaluation is advised if:
Doctors may advise:
These tests decide whether medicines are safe or intervention is needed.
Decision depends on:
Many patients are treated safely in OPD with monitoring.
These increase complication risk.
Early evaluation helps:
Many patients avoid surgery when evaluated early.
Yes.
For people around BTM Layout, Jayadeva, Jayanagar, and Bannerghatta Road, nearby hospital access allows:
At Genesiss Hospital:
Painkillers and stone medicines are not the same.
Painkillers control pain.
Stone medicines help small stones pass.
Neither replaces proper evaluation when pain persists. Knowing this difference prevents delays and complications.
No. Painkillers only reduce pain and do not remove stones.
No. Most kidney stones do not dissolve with medicines.
Stone medicines should be taken only after medical evaluation.
Pain returns because the stone is still present or blocking urine flow.
A nearby multispeciality hospital like Genesiss Multi-speciality hospital with urology services is ideal for evaluation.
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