Allopurinol
urate-lowering agent · disease-modifying gout treatment
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What this medicine is for
Allopurinol is a medicine in the “urate-lowering agent (long-term gout treatment)” category. This medicine lowers uric acid levels to prevent gout attacks.
Specifically, for Allopurinol: Lowers uric acid levels. It is most often a long-term treatment, taken at regular times over long periods; its benefit is judged over time, not by how you feel on a given day.
Under which brands it is found
Allopurinol is used in about 9 presentations listed in France. It is available under several brand names and as generics.
- Allopurinol Arrow Lab
- Allopurinol Biogaran
- Allopurinol Cristers
- Allopurinol Eg
- Allopurinol Sandoz
- Allopurinol Teva
- Allopurinol Viatris
- Allopurinol Zentiva
- and other presentations
Original brand-name products and generics deliver the same active substance; the choice between them is made with your doctor or pharmacist.
Do you need a supplement? No.
For Allopurinol, we offer no supplement. No nutritional supplementation has any serious justification to set against this treatment, and we prefer to say so rather than invent a need. Our range is limited to five classes of everyday medicines for which a targeted intake makes sense; beyond these, we sell nothing for the sake of selling, and that is what gives weight to our five references.
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