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When do you consider discontinuing Pegloticase in a patient with tophaceous gout who has had excellent response to therapy?

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Rheumatology · National institues of Health

This is an important question to clinicians who use pegloticase for their severely afflicted gout patients. There are no studies that provide guidance to answer this question but there is a good rational approach to knowing when to stop treatment.

To recap, pegloticase therapy is indicated for patien...

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