Description
Febuxostat works by non-competitively blocking the molybdenum pterin center, the active site of xanthine oxidase. Xanthine oxidase is needed to oxidize successively hypoxanthine and xanthine to uric acid. Thus, febuxostat inhibits xanthine oxidase, thereby reducing the production of uric acid.
Ingredients
Febuxostat
Drug Class
Xanthine oxidase inhibitors
Uses
This medicine is used to treat:
Lower hyperuricemia (high uric acid in the blood) in patients with gout who have been treated with allopurinol that did not work well or cannot be treated with allopurinol.
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