How would you treat tophaceous gout after a course of pegloticase infusions if the patient has contraindications or intolerance to allopurinol, febuxostat, and probenecid?
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Difficult question. I think there are a number of issues to address.
What is a "course of pegloticase?"
What are the patient's contraindications to treatment?
How did intolerance to prior oral uric acid-lowering therapies manifest
Was pegltoicase started because of "unresponsiveness to oral UL...
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at VA Greater Los Angeles Health Care System Sad that lesinurad was discontinued in the US and ...
A careful re-evaluation of the reported contraindications or intolerances to standard urate-lowering therapies (allopurinol, febuxostat, and probenecid) is essential before permanently excluding these options, as dose adjustment, desensitization, or re-challenge may occasionally be feasible.
If tru...
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at Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USUHS) @Herbert S. Baraf and @Nehal Shah: excellent answe...
Sad that lesinurad was discontinued in the US and ...
Agree!