The prototypical uricosuric agent. It inhibits the renal excretion of organic anions and reduces tubular reabsorption of urate. Probenecid has also been used to treat patients with renal impairment, and, because it reduces the renal tubular excretion of other drugs, has been used as an adjunct to antibacterial therapy.
For the reduction of serum uric acid concentrations in chronic gouty arthritis and tophaceous gout in patients with frequent disabling gout attacks. Has also been effectively used to promote uric acid excretion in hyperuricemia secondary to the administration of thiazide and related diuretics.
First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, China
Richmond Road Diagnostic and Treatment Centre, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
VA Boston Healthcare System Jamaica Plain Campus, Jamaica Plain, MA, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Louis Stokes VA Medical Center, Cleveland, OH, Cleveland, Ohio, United States
Providence VA Medical Center, Providence, RI, Providence, Rhode Island, United States
Cincinnati Childrens Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
New Haven Clinical Research Unit, New Haven, Connecticut, United States
inVentiv Health Clinique Inc., Québec City, Quebec, Canada
Novo Nordisk Investigational Site, Berlin, Germany
CTC North GmbH & Co. KG, Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
Covance Clinical Research Unit, Daytona Beach, Florida, United States
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