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What does allopurinol mean?

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Noun
  1. (medicine) A drug, 1,5-dihydro, 4H-pyrazolo[3,4-d]pyrimidin-4-one, used primarily to treat hyperuricemia and its complications.
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Maturation induced by xanthine oxidase was prevented by allopurinol, an inhibitor of xanthine oxidase activity, and by N-acetylcysteine.
If gout becomes a problem it can be controlled with a drug called allopurinol.
Most forms of gout can be treated by administering the antimetabolite, allopurinol.
If you have had more than two attacks in a year, your GP may discuss a preventative treatment called allopurinol or febuxostat.
Drugs that have been implicated include penicillin, aminopenicillins, sulfonamides, allopurinol, thiazides, quinolones, hydantoins, and propylthiouracil.
Unlike mercaptopurine and azathioprine, its metabolism is not inhibited by the xanthine oxidase inhibitor, allopurinol.

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