Urago 80 mg 30 coated tablets:
Uses of Urago:
The medicine is used to prevent attacks of chronic gout in the following cases:
- The body does not respond to allopurinol.
- Severe side effects occur with the use of allopurinol.
- There are contraindications to the use of allopurinol.
Do not use Urago if you are suffering from:
- Hypersensitivity to any of the components of the drug.
- High uric acid without symptoms.
- Concurrent use with azathioprine, or mercaptopurine, or theophylline, or didanosine.
How to use Urago:
- When you start using the drug, the severity of the symptoms may increase at first, so it is recommended to use non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs or colchicine to relieve the symptoms.
- Initial dose: 40 mg once daily.
- Maintenance dose: Continue the 40 mg dose, or increase the dose to 80 mg once daily, two weeks after the start of treatment, if the uric acid level does not fall below 6 mg/dL.
Warnings and precautions:
- Disorders of the kidneys or liver.
- Suffering from heart diseases.
- Stroke.
- The diagnosis of cancer.
- Lesch-Nyhan Syndrome.
- Organ transplantation procedure.
Urago and other medications:
It is preferable to tell the doctor or pharmacist about all medications, herbs, vitamins, and nutritional supplements that you are taking before starting treatment.
It is prohibited to use in conjunction with the following medications:
- Azathioprine medication.
- Mercaptopurine.
- Theophylline.
- Didanosine.