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How can I help pass a kidney stone at home?
By Advanced Urology · November 10, 2026
How can you help a kidney stone pass at home?
Straight answer
Drink enough water to keep urine pale. Use pain medicine as directed.
What's involved
A medicine that relaxes the ureter may be prescribed. Strain your urine so the stone can be tested. Staying active may help, but rest when you need to.
When to visit us on Gordon Rd
If the stone still hasn't passed after a few weeks, or the pain keeps returning, get checked.
For the mountain counties
We welcome Pickens, Gilmer and Fannin residents to our Jasper Clinic, 49 Gordon Rd Suite 103.
Schedule your visit with Advanced Urology, with locations across metro Atlanta.
Pickens County residents with a stone can be seen at our Jasper Clinic by Dr. Chirag Dave, Dr. Jason Lomboy or Britany Howard, FNP. A urine test and imaging tell us the stone's size and position, which shapes whether passing it at home is reasonable.
What helps at home
Drinking enough to keep urine pale, taking the pain medicine we prescribe and, when advised, a medicine that relaxes the ureter all help a small stone move along. Straining your urine lets you catch the stone so we can analyze it. If a stone doesn't pass, our urologists can treat it with lithotripsy or ureteroscopy at our Marietta Clinic & Surgery Center.
Go to the ER for
Fever or chills
Vomiting that stops you keeping fluids down
Pain that medicine doesn't touch
Little or no urine
Common questions
Common questions
How long should I wait for it to pass?
Many small stones pass on their own within a few weeks. If a stone hasn't moved, or pain keeps returning, we plan lithotripsy or ureteroscopy; fever or being unable to keep fluids down means the ER.
Will diet changes prevent another?
They help. Drink enough to keep urine pale, cut salt and avoid very high animal protein. Analysis of a caught stone tells us which other changes matter for you.
Jasper, Nelson and Marble Hill residents can ring (678) 344-8900 with questions while a stone is passing.
Keep the stone you catch in a clean, dry container and bring it to your next visit so it can be analyzed.
Keep taking the medicines we prescribe as directed until the stone has passed, and tell us if pain changes.
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