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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).

Reasons taken & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Reasons taken
# of patients Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell 		# of patients evaluated by
Gout 7 3
Other 3 1
Mobility 3 1
Inhibits Kidney Stone Production 2 1
High Uric Acid 2 1

See all 10 patients currently taking Allopurinol

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Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
0 0%
Moderate
0 0%
Mild
0 0%
None
4 100%

Dosages

  100 mg daily 300 mg daily
  5 Number of Patients: 5 5 Number of Patients: 5  

Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Allopurinol (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Doctor's advice
1 33% Doctor's advice: 33%
Other
1 33% Other: 33%
Course of treatment ended
1 33% Course of treatment ended: 33%

See all 3 patients who’ve stopped taking Allopurinol

Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

Currently Taking Allopurinol

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

Stopped Taking Allopurinol

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

Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Always
3 75%
Usually
1 25%
Sometimes
0 0%
Never
0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Very
0 0%
Somewhat
0 0%
A little
2 50%
Not at all
2 50%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

$200+
0 0%
$100-199
0 0%
$50-99
0 0%
$25-49
1 25%
< $25
3 75%

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Report created on March 19, 2010.