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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Trial subgroup analyses support the use of either allopurinol or febuxostat in patients with stage 3 CKD and gout. A prespecified analysis of the STOP-GOUT trial revealed that allopurinol has similar ...

LONDON, June 8 (Reuters) - A drug used for more than 40 years to treat gout could also offer a cheap alternative to more modern heart drugs from Roche and Servier for patients with chronic chest pain, ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . “We usually use [allopurinol] to treat gout and prevent gout flares because it lowers the uric acid levels and ...

Credit: Shutterstock. The investigational drug AR882 appeared more effective and safer than allopurinol monotherapy in a phase 2 trial. A novel selective URAT1 inhibitor, AR882, further reduces serum ...

The current test uses only one of the genes, and it misses many patients at risk FRIDAY, Oct. 31, 2025 (HealthDay News) — A new gene test might be able to predict which gout patients will have a bad ...

Gene Test Can Predict Risk For Gout Medicine Side Effects By Dennis Thompson HealthDay ReporterFRIDAY, Oct. 31, 2025 (HealthDay News) — A new gene test might be able to predict which gout patients ...