Progress of drug therapy for gout and hyperuricemia
Author(s): NIE Ying, WANG Wenjun, Jilin Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Jilin Health Bureau
Pages: 962-964
Year: 2014 Issue: 5
Journal: Journal of Changchun University of Chinese Medicine
Keyword: gout; hyperuricemia; colchicine;
Abstract: Currently,primary gout still cannot be cured,for which the blood uric acid is controlled to be less than 360μmol/L mainly by drug therapy while for patients with gouty tophus the blood uric acid is controlled to be less than238 μmol /L. So far,frequently-used drugs are mainly colchicines that treating acute gout by acting on neutrophile granulocyte,selective and non-selective cyclooxygenase inhibitor-nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs( NAIDS),glucocorticoids and xanthine oxidase( XO) inhibitor-allopurinol,etc.
Pages: 962-964
Year: 2014 Issue: 5
Journal: Journal of Changchun University of Chinese Medicine
Keyword: gout; hyperuricemia; colchicine;
Abstract: Currently,primary gout still cannot be cured,for which the blood uric acid is controlled to be less than 360μmol/L mainly by drug therapy while for patients with gouty tophus the blood uric acid is controlled to be less than238 μmol /L. So far,frequently-used drugs are mainly colchicines that treating acute gout by acting on neutrophile granulocyte,selective and non-selective cyclooxygenase inhibitor-nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs( NAIDS),glucocorticoids and xanthine oxidase( XO) inhibitor-allopurinol,etc.
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