Would you start urate lowering therapy in a patient with recurrent flares of joint pain/swelling and urate deposition confirmed by dual energy CT, despite a serum uric acid of 5 mg/dL between flares?
What target uric acid level would you use?
Patient also has bilateral knee chondrocalcinosis.
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Rheumatology · University of Kansas
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Of course, with colchicine or NSAID co-prescription, but first examine dietary excesses and medication effects, which can produce flares.
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