Gout and renal disease Archives - ACR Meeting Abstracts

Abstract Number: 1957 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2016
No Increased Risk of Chronic Kidney Disease with Allopurinol Use
Ana Beatriz Vargas-Santos¹, Christine Peloquin², Yuqing Zhang³ and Tuhina Neogi¹, ¹Clinical Epidemiology Research and Training Unit, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, ²Clinical Epidemiology Research & Training Unit, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, ³Clinical Epidemiology and Training Unit, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a cause and consequence of hyperuricemia. While clinicians are often cautious about using allopurinol in patients with CKD, there…
Abstract Number: 166 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2012
Low-Dose Allopurinol Promotes Greater Serum Urate Lowering in Gout Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease Vs Normal Renal Function
Michael DeBerardine¹, Mark C. Fisher², Robert T. Keenan³, Michael H. Pillinger⁴ and Daria B. Crittenden⁴, ¹NYU School of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, New York, NY, ²Rheumatology, Allergy & Immunology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, ³Rheumatology, Duke University, Durham, NC, ⁴Internal Medicine, NYU School of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: Patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) may be at increased risk for allopurinol (ALLO) hypersensitivity, possibly because impaired renal excretion causes accumulation of the…

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