MEANS FOR MEDICINAL TREATMENT AND METAPHYLAXIS OF URATE AND MIXED URATE LITHIASE

The present invention is concerned with a composition for treatment and metaphylaxis of urate and mixed urate lithiase comprising, as active component, a non-ionogenic surfactant having a general formula RCOO(CH2CH2O)nH in which R represents a radical or linolic acid or linolenic acid or oleinic acid and n is a number from 18 to 40. This therapeutic composition is acting on the principle of forming complex water-soluble components with the uric acid present in the urate concrements, dissolving the latter and eliminating the uric acid through the urine. The action is achieved very fast without the occurence of secondary effects. The composition can be applied also in the case of infected forms of urate lithiase as well as in the mixed forms of the same. The pH of the urine is unchanged thus preventing the precipitation of phosphate. A very fast convalescense of the sick persons is attained.