A major new study reveals that treating gout may do far more than ease painful joint flare-ups—it could also protect the heart. Researchers found that patients who took common gout medications like ...

Could a widely used gout drug also help protect against life-threatening blood clots?

Medications taken to treat gout can help people with that condition reduce their risk of heart attack and stroke. That’s the conclusion of a new research analysis recently published in JAMA Internal ...

For gout, xanthine oxidase (XO) inhibitors are the choice for first-line urate-lowering therapy (ULT) according to the 2020 American College of Rheumatology Guideline for the Management of Gout, which ...

UT Southwestern Medical Center has joined an international clinical trial studying whether a drug traditionally used to treat gout can help prevent kidney damage in patients with Type 1 diabetes.

The European Medicines Agency (EMA) has designated allopurinol as the first orphan drug for the treatment of Marfan syndrome, a rare connective tissue disease which as no cure to date. This disease ...

Management of a patient allergic to allopurinol can be considered a therapeutic challenge. This article highlights the diversity of medications that can be used to manage hyperuricemia during this ...

The European Medicines Agency (EMA) has designated allopurinol as the first orphan drug for the treatment of Marfan syndrome, a rare connective tissue disease which as no cure to date. This disease ...