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2. Your Gout Guide: From Symptoms to Treatment - AOL

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   Uric acid is a waste product naturally made by the body when it breaks down compounds called purines. When there’s too much uric acid in the body, it can form sharp, needle-like crystals in and ...

3. Uric acid - Wikipedia

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   Low uric acid (hypouricemia) can have numerous causes. Low dietary zinc intakes cause lower uric acid levels. This effect can be even more pronounced in women taking oral contraceptive medication. [61] Sevelamer, a drug indicated for prevention of hyperphosphataemia in people with chronic kidney failure, can significantly reduce serum uric acid ...

4. Uricosuric - Wikipedia

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   Antiuricosuric drugs raise serum uric acid levels and lower urine uric acid levels. These drugs include all diuretics, pyrazinoate, pyrazinamide, ethambutol, niacin, and aspirin. [5] The NSAID diclofenac has an antiuricosuric action, which may be partly responsible for the extraordinary toxicity of this drug in vultures. [6]

5. Allopurinol - Wikipedia

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   Allopurinol is used to reduce urate formation in conditions where urate deposition has already occurred or is predictable. The specific diseases and conditions where it is used include gouty arthritis, skin tophi, kidney stones, idiopathic gout; uric acid lithiasis; acute uric acid nephropathy; neoplastic disease and myeloproliferative disease with high cell turnover rates, in which high urate ...

6. Dr. David Perlmutter’s ‘Drop Acid’ Book Shares Truth About ...

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   Throughout Drop Acid, Dr. Perlmutter offers suggestions and tips on maintaining lower uric values as well as a road map to addressing these hidden dangers. Per the description it also features ...

7. Pegloticase - Wikipedia

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   Pegloticase is given as an intravenous infusion every two weeks, [6] and has been found to reduce uric acid levels in this population. [7] There is moderate quality evidence that It is useful for tophi but has a high rate of side effects and withdrawals due to adverse events. [8] About 40% of people develop resistance to the medication over ...