A drug may be classified by the chemical type of the active ingredient or by the way it is used to treat a particular condition. Each drug can be classified into one or more drug classes.
Antihyperuricemic agents are also called antigout agents. These agents work to either correct overproduction or underexcretion of uric acid.
For the long term control of gout, hyperuricemia caused by formation of uric acid from purines, can be effectively controlled with these agents. The choice of xanthine oxidase inhibitors or uricosuric medicines is based on the level of urinary uric acid excretion, renal function, age of the patient, history of renal calculi and presence of tophi.
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Medical conditions associated with antihyperuricemic agents:
- Calcium Oxalate Calculi with Hyperuricosuria
- Cardiothoracic Surgery
- Gout
- Heart Failure
- High Risk Percutaneous Transluminal Angioplasty
- Hyperuricemia Secondary to Chemotherapy
- Leishmaniasis
- Mania
- Reactive Perforating Collangenosis
- Urinary Tract Stones
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