In case this is of use to someone else out there: decades ago I had a doctor tell me to take 500 mg of vitamin C a day to help ward off bladder infections.
I call it my placebo of choice, and awhile ago Richard got in the habit of taking one when I did. Anti-colds, right?
The first thing the doctor at the clinic asked him was, Do you take vitamin C?
Yes…?
Stop immediately. It almost certainly is the cause of your kidney stone.
Turns out the last time he’d had one it was the type directly tied to it. The guy also told him supplements for calcium and vitamin D are the other culprits for their particular types of kidney stones.
So it could be that easy to never have to go through this again.