Allopurinol Tablets – 300mg
This medicine contains allopurinol which works by reducing/slowing the production of uric acid/urate in the body.
This medicine is used to prevent/manage the following
conditions associated with too much uric acid in the body:
gout (painful swelling and redness of the joints), cancer treatment and treatment with diuretics (water tablets), kidney stones, certain skin conditions and certain enzyme disorders eg. Lesch-Nyhan Syndrome.
Please contact Crescent Pharma should you require any more information.
Description
Description
Therapeutic Indications for Allopurinol Tablets – 300mg
Allopurinol is indicated for reducing urate/uric acid formation in conditions where urate/uric acid deposition has already occurred or is a predictable clinical risk eg.
- For prophylaxis of gout, gouty arthritis, skin tophi, nephrolithiasis.
- Hyperuricaemia associated with leukaemia, radiotherapy, antineoplastic agents and during therapy with diuretics of the thiazide or similar type.
- Prophylaxis of uric acid and calcium oxalate renal stones.
- Certain enzyme disorders which lead to over production of urate for example Lesch-Nyhan syndrome.
Please contact Crescent Pharma should you require any more information.
Additional Info
Additional information
PIP CODE: | 112-1714 |
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