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What is Allopurinol?

Allopurinol is a xanthine oxidase inhibitor that is used to prevent gouty arthritis, nephropathy (kidney damage) and kidney stones; and to treat secondary hyperuricemia (elevated blood levels of uric acid).

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Gout 32 14 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate
Gout 20 4 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate
Kidney stones 7 2 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate
Improve mobility 4 1 Efficacy_major
Other 4 1 Efficacy_major
Treat side effects of another treatment 2 0

See all 89 patients currently taking Allopurinol

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 0
Moderate
 0
Mild
 2
None
 25

Reported Dosages

  100mg as needed daily 50 mg daily 100 mg daily 150 mg daily 200 mg daily 300 mg daily 400 mg daily 500 mg daily 600 mg daily
  1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 38 Number of Patients: 38 1 Number of Patients: 1 7 Number of Patients: 7 39 Number of Patients: 39 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Allopurinol (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Doctor's advice 6   Doctor's advice: 55%
Course of treatment ended 2   Course of treatment ended: 18%
Personal research 1   Personal research: 9%
Side effects too severe 1   Side effects too severe: 9%
Other 1   Other: 9%

See all 11 patients who’ve stopped taking Allopurinol

Reported Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

Currently Taking Allopurinol

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0
0

Stopped Taking Allopurinol

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0

Reported Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Allopurinol

Always
 22 81%
Usually
 3 11%
Sometimes
 0 0%
Never
 2 7%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Allopurinol

Very
 0 0%
Somewhat
 0 0%
A little
 6 22%
Not at all
 21 78%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Allopurinol

$200+
 0 0%
$100-199
 0 0%
$50-99
 0 0%
$25-49
 1 6%
< $25
 17 94%

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Report created on February 11, 2012.