Antigout agents

A drug may be classified by the chemical type of the active ingredient or by the way it is used to treat a particular condition. Each drug can be classified into one or more drug classes.

Antigout agents are also called antihyperuricemic agents. These agents work to either correct overproduction or underexcretion of uric acid.

For the long term control of gout, hyperuricemia caused by formation of uric acid from purines, can be effectively controlled with these agents. The choice of xanthine oxidase inhibitors or uricosuric medicines is based on the level of urinary uric acid excretion, renal function, age of the patient, history of renal calculi and presence of tophi.

Drug Name ( View by: Brand | Generic )	Reviews	Avg. Ratings
colchicine/ probenecid systemic (Pro, More...)	1 Review(s)	Rate It!	10
probenecid systemic (Pro, More...)	1 Review(s)	Rate It!	9.0
colchicine systemic (Pro, More...)	12 Review(s)	Rate It!	8.1
allopurinol systemic (Pro, More...)	12 Review(s)	Rate It!	8.0
sulfinpyrazone systemic (Pro, More...)	0 Review(s)	Rate It!	0.0

See also

Medical conditions associated with antigout agents:

• Adjunct to Antibiotic Therapy
• Amyloidosis
• Aphthous Stomatitis, Recurrent
• Behcet's Disease
• Biliary Cirrhosis
• Calcium Oxalate Calculi with Hyperuricosuria
• Cardiothoracic Surgery
• Constipation, Chronic
• Familial Mediterranean Fever
• Fibromatosis
• Gout
• Gout, Acute
• Gout, Prophylaxis
• Gouty Arthritis
• Heart Failure
• High Risk Percutaneous Transluminal Angioplasty
• Hyperuricemia Secondary to Chemotherapy
• Leishmaniasis
• Mania
• Pseudogout, Prophylaxis
• Reactive Perforating Collangenosis
• Sarcoidosis
• Sweet's Syndrome
• Urinary Tract Stones