noun
definition
A drug, 1,5-dihydro, 4H-pyrazolo[3,4-d]pyrimidin-4-one, used primarily to treat hyperuricemia and its complications.
Examples of allopurinol in a Sentence
Kidney transplant patients in particular are prone to gout and are often prescribed allopurinol.
Moreover, that risk may also be partly avoidable, in that three-quarters of these cases were taking allopurinol for asymptomatic hyperuricaemia.
You will also have tablets to help regulate the chemical balance of your blood, for example a drug called allopurinol.
Allopurinol hypersensitivity syndrome occurred within two weeks of starting allopurinol hypersensitivity syndrome occurred within two weeks of starting allopurinol.
Long term high dose allopurinol was taken by 47 patients, long term low dose by 48 and recent low dose by 72.
Berg, 1990 Randomized comparison of 100 mg allopurinol plus 20 mg benzbromarone daily compared with 300 mg allopurinol over 24 weeks.
Furthermore, appropriate therapy, Eg allopurinol should theoretically prevent the development of chronic erosive arthritis.
How should we treat tophaceous gout in patients with allopurinol hypersensitivity?
The usual choice for reducing uric acid levels is allopurinol, because it inhibits xanthine oxidase and can depress new purine synthesis.