Gout Forum - Lowering Uric Acid Level

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Q: Lowering Uric Acid Level

asked by: Hardhittinz on February 14th, 2006

New User

Hi I had a case of gout due to high uric acid level and was prescibed alloprinol on dec 20th 2005 well I have been taking it up till this day and have not had any gout attacks since well my question is do I take this forever or when do I stop taken this med I ask my doc but he beats around the bush and what not so anyhelp would be great thanks...

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JYY2

replied on February 18th, 2006

Experienced User

The target of uric acid lowering therapy is to keep the blood ua level down to 5.5~6 mg/dl. So, if you can keep your ua at that level without allopurinol, you don't have to take it. Otherwise, you have to take it forever. Check with your doctor before stop taking allopurinol. Good luck.

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