Opioid Use Linked to Low Testosterone In a Canadian study, more than half of older adults with CKD initiated allopurinol at a higher-than-recommended dose. Allopurinol doses exceeding 100 mg/d may ...

The 2012 American College of Rheumatology gout treatment guidelines recommend titration of urate-lowering medication doses to achieve target serum uric acid (sUA) levels of less than 6 mg/dL. Analysis ...

Allopurinol, a frequently used gout medication, does not appear to drive up the risk for dying among gout patients who also struggle with chronic kidney disease, new research shows. The finding is ...

BARCELONA, Spain—The gout drug allopurinol on top of usual care does not improve cardiovascular outcomes in patients over age 60 who do not have gout, the ALL-HEART trial confirms. The long-running ...

Allopurinol treatment is not associated with increased mortality in patients with gout and chronic kidney disease even at 5 years after starting treatment, a study has found. Around 1 in 5 patients ...

This is the first study to assess the effect of allopurinol initiation on mortality in patients with CKD and concomitant gout, according to investigators. Allopurinol initiation and dose escalation ...

Allopurinol-associated cutaneous adverse reactions severe enough to require hospitalization occurred three to six times as often in Asians, blacks, and Native Hawaiians/Pacific Islanders than in ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Allopurinol is noninferior to febuxostat for gout when dosed appropriately as part of a treat-to-target strategy ...