Febuxostat is a non-purine xanthine oxidase (XO) inhibitor. In early 2008, febuxostat was granted marketing authorization by the European Commission for the treatment of chronic hyperuricemia and gout. In the following year, the FDA for approved febuxostat for use in the chronic management of hyperuricemia in adult patients with gout who have an inadequate r...
Febuxostat is indicated for the chronic management of hyperuricemia in adult patients with gout who have an inadequate response to a maximally titrated dose of allopurinol, who are intolerant to allopurinol, or for whom treatment with allopurinol is not advisable. It is not recommended for the treatment of asymptomatic hyperuricemia or secondary hyperuricem...
Renal Physiology Laboratory, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Department of Nephrology & Rheumatology, Shanghai Tenth People's Hospital, Shanghai, Shanghai, China
Research Site, Fukuoka-shi, Japan
Taipei Veteran General Hospital (TVGH), Taipei, Taiwan
Yokohama City University Medical Center, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
Vince & Associates Clinical Research, Overland Park, Kansas, United States
Yikai YU, Wuhan, Hubei, China
Hanaoka IC Clinic, Buzen, Fukuoka, Japan
Medical Cooperation Toseikai Goto Clinic, Kitakyushu, Fukuoka, Japan
Yokohama Sotetsu bldg Clinic of Internal Medicine, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
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