Allopurinol (generic), Zyloprim, Lopurin News

I am a 72-year-old male who suffered from gout for years. My doctor prescribed colchicine with directions to take one every four hours until I got diarrhea.

DEAR DR. DONOHUE: I am a 47-year-old man with this question: Is it wise for me to take a daily aspirin? I have gout and have asked two pharmacists about taking aspirin.

FDA Approves Didanosine Label Changes Including Dosage Adjustments and Ribavirin Interaction Warning Summary: On June 19, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced changes to the product label for the nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor didanosine .

When it was approved in the 1960s, the drug allopurinol was considered a godsend to people with gout .

Lonnie Matthews, a retired building maintenance engineer in Burlington, N.C., has something in common with King Henry VIII, Sir Isaac Newton and Benjamin Franklin .

Burning pain, stiffness and swelling are all symptoms of a form of arthritis known as gout.

Tom, a 50-year old construction worker, has a 20-year history of gout. On average, he suffers 5-6 gout attacks every year, affecting his toes, ankles, feet, or knees.

Cephalon is updating the prescribing information for its cancer treatment drug Treanda to include a warning about the use of the drug with allopurinol, according to documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Tuesday.

THE FDA HAS APPROVED THE FIRST NEW DRUG to treat gout in 40 years. Febuxostat reduces serum uric acid levels by blocking xanthine oxidase, an enzyme that creates uric acid by breaking down other compounds.

The task force charged with ensuring drugs dispensed in Hong Kong are safe will hold its first meeting on Friday.

Q: I heard that a new drug was approved to treat gout. What can you tell me about it? A: The FDA recently approved Uloric , the first new treatment for gout in more than 40 years.

Allopurinol is a moderately active hypouricemic drug. Its activity is largely the result of the inhibition of xanthine oxidoreductase by oxypurinol, the active metabolite of allopurinol.

DRESS syndrome is the term increasingly used to refer to many cases of what has traditionally been called drug hypersensitivity syndrome, including anticonvulsant hypersensitivity syndrome and allopurinol ...

Thousands of patients rushed to 15 public hospitals yesterday to replace a drug contaminated by a fungus that may be linked to five deaths.

The Hong Kong Department of Health announced that follow-up investigations into patient cases of invasive gastrointestinal mucormycosis in public hospitals last month had revealed that one of the pharmaceutical ...

Hong Kong health authorities said on Monday that a tainted drug possibly linked to the deaths of five patients likely became contaminated with a lethal fungus during its manufacture.

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HONG Kong health authorities have ordered a local drug maker to suspend production of its treatment for gout after it was found to be tainted with fungus, officials said yesterday.

A popular gout medicine has been found to have been contaminated with a rare fungus that was linked to the deaths of three Queen Mary Hospital patients over the past year.

DEAR DR. DONOHUE: I'm just an old country woman who needs to know more about gout.