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Is Taking Uloric Safe And Effective For Treatment Of Gout?
Question: I have gout. I have been taking 300mg Allopurinol daily for three years. Recently i began taking 80mg of Uloric daily instead. How much more potent is this new medication and will it make discontinuing gout medication more difficult in the future? In other words, will my body become more dpendent on medication to control uric acid as time goes on?
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Brief Answer:
Uloric is better than allopurinol in gout.
Detailed Answer:
Hi,
I have read your query.
I want to clear your point as uloric (Febuxostat) is used in chronic management of hyperuricemia in patients with gout i.e if you have hyperuricemia but no symptoms of gout then this medicine will not help you. Febuxostat can lower your uric acid and reduce acute gout flares over time.
However, there have been concerns that febuxostat may lead to increased cardiovascular disease (CVD) events, and more data are needed so you should have regular follow up with your prescribing doctor regarding this.
Uloric (Febuxostat) and allopurinol (Zyloprim) are almost similar in how they work, but the maximum dose of febuxostat is more effective in reducing uric acid levels. So if your symptoms still persist with allopurinol then you can change it with febuxostat.
Your body will never become dependent on it .
You have take care of your dietary habits also i.e take low protein diet.
So at last I would like to say that Febuxostat, is a potential alternative to allopurinol for patients with hyperuricemia and gout.
I hope you have got your answer.
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Thanks.
Dr.Singh.
Uloric is better than allopurinol in gout.
Detailed Answer:
Hi,
I have read your query.
I want to clear your point as uloric (Febuxostat) is used in chronic management of hyperuricemia in patients with gout i.e if you have hyperuricemia but no symptoms of gout then this medicine will not help you. Febuxostat can lower your uric acid and reduce acute gout flares over time.
However, there have been concerns that febuxostat may lead to increased cardiovascular disease (CVD) events, and more data are needed so you should have regular follow up with your prescribing doctor regarding this.
Uloric (Febuxostat) and allopurinol (Zyloprim) are almost similar in how they work, but the maximum dose of febuxostat is more effective in reducing uric acid levels. So if your symptoms still persist with allopurinol then you can change it with febuxostat.
Your body will never become dependent on it .
You have take care of your dietary habits also i.e take low protein diet.
So at last I would like to say that Febuxostat, is a potential alternative to allopurinol for patients with hyperuricemia and gout.
I hope you have got your answer.
You are welcome to ask further health related queries.
If not, you may close the discussion and if possible you may rate the answer 5 points for me, so that I get a good feedback.
In future if you wish to contact me directly, you can use the below mentioned link:
http://doctor.healthcaremagic.com/doctors/dr-chander-mohan-singh/67013
Thanks.
Dr.Singh.
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