A solid oral pharmaceutical composition in the form of a tablet consisting of a core including a Krebs cycle precursor salt as active ingredient, and of a coating including a coating agent, the composition including from 40% to 80% by weight of this precursor salt on the basis of the total weight of the composition, the composition being able to release this salt in vitro, both in purified water at pH 7 and in a solution buffered at pH 1.3, with a dissolution device in accordance with the European Pharmacopoeia, at a rate of from 2 to 15% in 15 minutes, from 15 to 25% in 30 minutes, and from 30 to 50% in one hour. The composition is a usefeul medicament, in particular in the treatment and/or prevention of urinary lithiasis occurring at a physiological pH and/or during urinary acidosis and/or during hypocitraturia and/or during hypercalciuria and/or during hyperoxaluria.
