Patients in order to reduce uric acid generally need to take febuxostat tablets for a long period of time, due to individual differences, differences in condition and other factors can not clearly give the specific need to take how many days, some patients may need to take a lifetime.
Febuxostat is a kind of drugs through the inhibition of uric acid synthesis to play the effect of lowering the concentration of uric acid in the patient’s body, due to the blood uric acid level is too high and need to reduce the patients generally need to take Febuxostat long-term, and do not recommend in the detection of uric acid down to the normal level and stop taking, and should be the smallest dosage of maintenance in order to avoid the rebound of the uric acid rise.
Therefore, the exact number of days to take febuxostat tablets can not be given a clear value, some patients with poor control of uric acid may need to take long-term or even lifelong, the drug may be taken during the period of liver function abnormalities, skin rashes, joint pain and other adverse effects of the drug, during the period of use of the drug need to be regularly tested for liver and kidney function. It is contraindicated in patients who are allergic to the product, or are using azathioprine medication.
The drug should be taken under the guidance of a physician, and it is recommended to go to the rheumatology and immunology department of a regular hospital.