Allopurinol vs Probenecid

Allopurinol

Probenecid

Allopurinol is used to treat gout and certain types of kidney stones. It is also used to prevent increased uric acid levels in patients receiving cancer chemotherapy. These patients can have increased uric acid levels due to release of uric acid from the dying cancer cells. Allopurinol works by reducing the amount of uric acid made by the body. Increased uric acid levels can cause gout and kidney problems.

This medication is used to prevent gout and gouty arthritis. It will not treat a sudden/severe attack of gout and may make it worse. Probenecid belongs to a class of drugs known as uricosurics. It lowers high levels of uric acid in your body by helping the kidneys to get rid of uric acid. When uric acid levels get too high, crystals can form in the joints, causing gout. Lowering uric acid levels may also help your kidneys. Probenecid is sometimes used along with penicillin antibiotics (e.g., penicillin, ampicillin, nafcillin) to increase antibiotic blood levels. This increase makes the antibiotic work better at treating certain infections. Probenecid works by decreasing the kidneys' ability to remove the antibiotic from the body. Probenecid should not be used in children younger than 2 years.

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d e stratton | 05.06.13

I HAVE MAJOR HAIR LOSS. IT HAS BEEN 6 WEEKS SINCE I STOPPED TAKING IT AND I AM STILL LOSING IT.

g | 31.05.13

Iv ben on it for 6 yrs Not one gout bout

guest | 11.05.13

Have used zyloprim and allopurinol since the mid 70's w no recurrance of gout symptons. Great medication

Betty | 24.04.13

I have taken it for a week and stopped because I saw no results. But, the pain in the big toe is waking me from sleep throbbing so, I started taking it again 3 days ago. I am on 100mg. I didn't realize it takes weeks before you get any results.

CPH | 24.04.13

It works well for me. I have had 0 gout attacks since going on the medication 6 months ago. I am concerned about the side effects.

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Jimmy | 17.05.11

I am taking PROBENECID/COL 500MG G/O.5M daily with food. It stops arthritis and helped wiped-out GOUT from my joints. Usually take with food at lunch, when I had bad cough, Doctor gave me AVELOX 400mg one-a-day for 10-days, had to stop Probenecid while taking Avelox during lunch time of fear both are high MGs and might cause problem. Dr. didn't know this as my own judgement due to the number of drugs I am taking. Good news is I had no side effect while taking AVELOX, and am now back to Probenecid at Lunch-time with food and no side effect. This WebMD have all the informations I can look up to help me with the medications.

Bill | 17.12.10

I, was having painfull episodes of Gout my doctor found high uric acid levels in my urine and blood, you can expect your symptoms to get worse at first than start to fade, now I'M taking 1 a day with no more Gout attacks,and no side affects if you drink plenty of fluids.

tkesler12 | 16.08.09

Take probenecid daily to keep gout under control.