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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.
Therapy: Chemotherapy with cytostatics and interferons, additionally allopurinol.
The combined allopurinol and Iryptophan administration increases the serotonin levels furtherly in brain stem and hypothalamus areas versus groups receiving tryptophan or allopurinol singularly.
If gout becomes a problem it can be controlled with a drug called allopurinol.
Medications such as allopurinol and probenecid, which inhibit the synthesis of uric acid in the body, are used to treat recurrent acute attacks.
Drugs that have been implicated include penicillin, aminopenicillins, sulfonamides, allopurinol, thiazides, quinolones, hydantoins, and propylthiouracil.

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