Pain and inflammation

Allopurinol

urate-lowering agent · disease-modifying gout treatment

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What this medicine is for

Allopurinol is a medicine in the “urate-lowering agent (long-term gout treatment)” category. This medicine lowers uric acid levels to prevent gout attacks.

Specifically, for Allopurinol: Lowers uric acid levels. It is most often a long-term treatment, taken at regular times over long periods; its benefit is judged over time, not by how you feel on a given day.

Under which brands it is found

Allopurinol is used in about 9 presentations listed in France. It is available under several brand names and as generics.

Allopurinol Arrow Lab
Allopurinol Biogaran
Allopurinol Cristers
Allopurinol Eg
Allopurinol Sandoz
Allopurinol Teva
Allopurinol Viatris
Allopurinol Zentiva
and other presentations

Original brand-name products and generics deliver the same active substance; the choice between them is made with your doctor or pharmacist.

Do you need a supplement? No.

For Allopurinol, we offer no supplement. No nutritional supplementation has any serious justification to set against this treatment, and we prefer to say so rather than invent a need. Our range is limited to five classes of everyday medicines for which a targeted intake makes sense; beyond these, we sell nothing for the sake of selling, and that is what gives weight to our five references.

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