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
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 05 Jun 2004 Posts: 227
Posted: 02-18-06 03:19am
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.
