Acetohydroxamic acid
Generic name: acetohydroxamic acid [ a-SEET-oh-HYE-drox-AM-ik-AS-id ]
Brand name: Lithostat
Dosage form: oral tablet (250 mg)
Drug class:Miscellaneous genitourinary tract agents
What is acetohydroxamic acid?
Acetohydroxamic acid helps prevent a build-up of ammonia in urine that can be caused by a bladder infection. Increased ammonia in urine can cause the growth of kidney stones.
Acetohydroxamic acid is used to keep urine ammonia levels low in people who have a certain type of chronic bladder infection.
Acetohydroxamic acid is not an antibiotic and will not treat the infection itself. acetohydroxamic acid is only part of a treatment program that may also include antibiotics to treat the infection, and surgery to remove kidney stones. Follow your doctor's instructions very closely.
Acetohydroxamic acid may also be used for purposes not listed in this medication guide.
Warnings
You should not use acetohydroxamic acid if you have kidney disease, or if you have bladder symptoms that have not been checked by a doctor.
This medicine can harm an unborn baby or cause birth defects. Do not use acetohydroxamic acid if you are pregnant or if you are not using birth control.
Before taking this medicine
You should not use acetohydroxamic acid if you are allergic to it, or if you have:
kidney disease;
bladder symptoms that have not been checked by a doctor with lab tests; or
if you are pregnant or are not using birth control.
To make sure acetohydroxamic acid is safe for you, tell your doctor if you have:
hemolytic anemia (a lack of red blood cells); or
a weak immune system.
FDA pregnancy category X. acetohydroxamic acid can harm an unborn baby or cause birth defects. Do not use acetohydroxamic acid if you are pregnant. Use effective birth control to prevent pregnancy while taking acetohydroxamic acid. Tell your doctor right away if you become pregnant or if you stop using birth control for any reason during treatment with this medicine.
It is not known whether acetohydroxamic acid passes into breast milk or if it could harm a nursing baby. You should not breast-feed while using this medicine.
How should I take acetohydroxamic acid?
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