Everything You Know About Allopurinol

Allopurinol is strong, so strong. The strongest! Men, this prescription med works so well on uric acid. Yes, so very well! It's going to lower how much you have. Win. You're going to take it by mouth, men, most of the time. Injections of it are out there, though! You'll get tablets in different doses, like 100, 300, and 500 mg! Yes, you guessed it. Men, many of you are going to start at 100 mg each day. When you've got mild gout, expect a maintenance dose of 200 to 300 mg! You'll get an IV of this when you're getting chemo. And your dose? It's 200 to 400 mg, usually, but goes to a max of 600 mg in a day!

It's already clear to you, men: this one's a common gout medicine. Allopurinol's going to give you immediate gout pain relief. That said, you've got alternatives to allopurinol for gout. Gout inflammation medicine is widely out there! What's more, but this med works as a kidney stone treatment too. You'll see natural remedies for kidney stones and gout pain too, obviously. Just understand how this med works before doing anything with your doc!

How It Works

Allopurinol is one strong XO inhibitor. So strong! It's going to block xanthine oxidase, men. That's an enzyme in your body, of course! It'll tackle uric acid too. Yes, this med lower how much of it you make! Remember, men, you know uric acid comes from purine metabolism. This strong med's going to prevent purine synthesis too, yes. Men, you know it's because it's so similar to natural purine, but it acts differently.

Many of you absorb this med in about 2 hours. This is 2 hours after you take it. Yes! Your enzymes are going to metabolize it. It'll turn into oxypurinol. That's what your kidneys excrete over 18 to 30 hours!