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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 33 14 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate
Gout 29 4 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate
Kidney stones 7 2 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate
Improve mobility 4 1 Efficacy_major
Other 4 1 Efficacy_major
Kidney stone 2 1 Efficacy_moderate

See all 100 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

Frequently reported dosages based on patients currently taking Allopurinol. See all 11 dosages ►

  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 1,200 mg daily
  1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 44 Number of Patients: 44 1 Number of Patients: 1 10 Number of Patients: 10 41 Number of Patients: 41 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 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 7   Doctor's advice: 58%
Course of treatment ended 2   Course of treatment ended: 17%
Did not seem to work 1   Did not seem to work: 8%
Personal research 1   Personal research: 8%
Side effects too severe 1   Side effects too severe: 8%
Other 1   Other: 8%

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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

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 May 27, 2012.