Coke, asparagus and kidney stones

[Peter Gardner]

In 1972 I was hospitalised with kidney stones. They prescribed beer. Truly. A couple of times a day the drugs cart would come around the wards. Everybody else would get pills and I'd get a couple of cold beers. I've been an admirer of modern medicine ever since.

[cochrane]

Since links aren't automatically created when commenting on an article, it's usually considered helpful to others to provide one when starting a thread. I assume this is the article you're commenting on?

http://www.straightdope.com/columns/...-kidney-stones

[C K Dexter Haven]

Well, since basically, you're trying to piss the stone out, drinking lots of water or pee-inducing liquid (like beer) makes some sense. My son had a kidney stone the other week, and the doc basically said drink lots of water until it passes.