Drugs to lower uric acid levels: How to avoid misuse in gouty arthritis: Postgraduate Medicine: Vol 89, No 2

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When is the best time to start antihyperuricemic drugs in patients with gouty arthritis? Should the initial dosage be high or low? How far should serum uric acid levels be reduced? Should asymptomatic hyperuricemia ever be treated? In this article, Dr Edwards supplies the answers to these questions and also discusses contraindications to therapy and ways to sidestep adverse effects.

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