SEVERE ALLOPURINOL TOXICITY - DESCRIPTION AND GUIDELINES FOR PREVENTION IN PATIENTS WITH RENAL-INSUFFICIENCY
SEVERE ALLOPURINOL TOXICITY - DESCRIPTION AND GUIDELINES FOR PREVENTION IN PATIENTS WITH RENAL-INSUFFICIENCY
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DOI:
10.1016/0002-9343(84)90743-5
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发表时间:
1984-01-01
影响因子:
5.9
通讯作者:
STONE, WJ
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作者:
HANDE, KR;NOONE, RM;STONE, WJ
A life-threatening toxicity syndrome consisting of an erythematosus, desquamative skin rash, fever, hepatitis, eosinophilia and worsening renal function in 78 patients receiving allopurinol is described. In a majority of cases, the development of this syndrome was associated with the use of standard (200-400 mg/day) doses of allopurinol in patients with renal insufficiency. In pharmacologic studies, the renal clearance of the major metabolite of allopurinol, oxipurinol, was directly proportional to the renal clearance of creatinine (oxipurinol clearance = 0.22 .times. creatinine clearance -2.87). An inverse linear relation was noted between the serum oxipurinol half-life and the renal creatinine clearance ([serum oxipurinol half-life in h]-1 = 0.00034 .times. creatinine clearance in ml/min + 0.0045). Long-term use of 300 mg/day of allopurinol resulted in elevated steady-state serum oxipurinol concentrations in patients with renal insufficiency (serum oxipurinol concentration in .mu.m/l = -2.5 .times. creatinine clearance in ml/min + 326). Avoidance of allopurinol or use of reduced doses in patients with renal insufficiency according to proposed guidelines should be adequate to inhibit uric acid production in most patients and may reduce the incidence of life-threatening allopurinol toxicity.