I have had maybe 20 attacks. My Brother and Sister, Daughter and Mother have all suffered from them. The first time was around 1981. Literally bent me over double with the pain.
Most have been horrible. The last time was just awful. It lasted around 10 days and the pain came and went but was never as severe as they usually are. I always strained my urine and many of them passed but they were about the size of a coarse grain of sand.
The largest and most jagged one actually hurt the least and I just barely noticed when I passed it. The pain is in your back, not in the actual passing of them.
My current Dr. has prescribed allopurinol and I have not had one since. My Sister suffered and attack while in Hungary and the Dr. there also prescribed allopurinol.
“ Dr. has prescribed allopurinol “
So those must have been uric acid stones.