Optimal gout treatment requires ongoing monitoring for urate lowering therapy

(American Academy of Family Physicians) Managing gout as a chronic, rather than an acute, condition could help prevent recurrences. A new study of more than 8,000 medical records found a positive association between starting treatment with allopurinol, a medication that helps prevent gout by lowering production of uric acid, and recurring doctor visits for the condition. Clinicians may therefore be more likely to offer allopurinol, or patients may be more likely to accept it, after multiple acute gout attacks.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news