ALLOPURINOL vs FEBUXOSTAT

Age: 59 Weight: 145lbs Complaint: Stroke followed by approximately 30 hours without medical care. He had a previous stroke 2 weeks ago and was transported by ambulance to a hospital. Hospital care is no longer possible. For most of the last 24 hours, he has been unable to move most of his body

Hey guys, I'm finishing my P2 year of pharm school eventually working in independent retail and this question has yet to be addressed: What are the top 10 (or top 5) ABSOLUTE contraindications that are often seen/relevant to retail/commonly missed by physicians? PharmTimes did an [article](http:/

Hello! I went to my doctor about 6 weeks ago due to moderate to severe testicular pain (the right side specifically) and was tested for STDs, STIs or other urinary issues and all came back clear. I was given antibiotics and an ultrasound was ordered. The ultrasound showed a 10mm lesion on my right t

90+ Year old female Patient (family member), non-smoker, and weighs somewhere in the 130-140 range??? (guesstimate), and... anywhere between 5'1" - 5'4" (guesstimate) Med Hx: A-fib (some reason PT was not placed on a long term blood thinning medication and most likely the cause for this incident), G

I am a 61 y.o. male, 5'10", 209 lb, white. I smoke a cigar almost every day outdoors (do not inhale). I have a couple of drinks a week, I do not use other drugs. Also, I do resistance training almost every day and walk about 5 miles per day. So although my weight seems fairly high, I have more t

I was involved in an explosion a few years ago. I was burnt and whatnot and knocked around, but I don't think I ever lost consciousness from it. It was a pretty forceful explosion - it left a small crater in the concrete and knocked people over several metres away. The stuff I was holding in my hand

I thought I'd share my experience with Uloric here to my fellow gout sufferers. I love wine and craft beer and when I got diagnosed with Gout last year I couldn't believe it. I was 32 years old and I'm a healthy, fit guy. I tried all the tricks in the books like Cherry extract and nothing worked, ke

Just to add some context: I had my first attack about 8 years ago, have read lot of articles about gout, i had only gone 2 times to see a doctor, both times they told me the same thing, change your diet, exercise, and take colchicine and a NSAID like ibuprofen and you will be fine, and i was, so wha

I read some interesting information in a [research paper I posted here about a month ago](https://www.reddit.com/r/gout/comments/ho4wzu/research_on_commerciallyavailable_probiotics_and/), regarding some very successful results in treating hyperuricemia (high uric acid) in rats with a pre/probiotic m

So for the record, I'm 18, had left knee pain for 2 years but ignored it for an year altogether. Got it checked last year, turned out I had high uric acid levels in my blood. The ortho put me on a Febuxostat 80mg medication. After a bit of looking up online I asked him later if it's Gout. He says it

Those who managed to dissolve your tophi, how would you describe the whole process? How long did it take? Have you been on Allopurinol or Febuxostat? What level of uric acid have you maintained the whole time? Did it change its state from "firm" to "squishy" and then gradually disappeared? Any kind

Are there people here that suffer from gout and cannot take Allo and hence take an alternative like Uloric (febuxostat) I see in 2019 FDA needed the box to indicate increased risk of death. This has got me worried...