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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Rheumatology · National institues of Health
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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 ULT" an...
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Rheumatology · Virginia Commonwealth University Health System
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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 trul...
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It helps to see that other people may consider extending the Krystexxa if total contraindication to all of the standardtherapies.
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