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Class Drug Indications General Adverse reactions DIs
Colchicine ↓ risk of flares (NOT joint Diarrhea Erythromycin
damage) Nausea Simvastatin
ONLY when NSAIDS are CI Myelosuppresion Cyclosporin
↓ clearance in renal failure Myopathy
(danger, renal impairment) Rabdomyolysis
Not 1st line due to severe AEs Renal failure
Urate Allopurinol Frequent attacks Purine analogs
lowering Tophaceous gout Inhibits XO
Gout with renal failure Substrates of XO
Recurrent stones Thus blocking
High serum urate levels hypoxanthinexanthineuric
(males 0.77Um/l, females acid
0.59Um/l)
Urinary urate = >
6.5mmol/day
Newer Febuxostat Treatment of chronic Selective XO inhibitor Liver toxicity?
therapies hyperuricaemia (conditions Minimal excretion in the urine
where urate deposits has Can administer in renal
already occurred) insufficiency and mild/moderate
Management of chronic hepatic insufficiency with no
hyperuricaemia in gout in dosage adjustments
allopurinol is not tolerated or
CI
Uricosuric Probenecid Mild uricosuric agents:
agents Benzbromar Losartan (Cozaar)
one (ex-US) Fenofibrate
Sulfinpyrazo
ne (ex-US)
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