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| Year : 2016 | Volume
: 48
| Issue : 5 | Page : 522-525 |
A comparative study of efficacy and safety of febuxostat and allopurinol in pyrazinamide-induced hyperuricemic tubercular patients
Meenu Pichholiya1, Arvind Kumar Yadav1, SK Luhadia2, Jameela Tahashildar1, ML Aseri1
1 Department of Pharmacology, Geetanjali Medical College, Udaipur, Rajasthan, India
2 Department of Respiratory Medicine, Geetanjali Medical College, Udaipur, Rajasthan, India
Correspondence Address:
Dr. Meenu Pichholiya
Department of Pharmacology, Geetanjali Medical College, Udaipur, Rajasthan
India
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DOI: 10.4103/0253-7613.190729
Objectives: To compare the efficacy and safety of febuxostat and allopurinol in pyrazinamide (PZA)-induced hyperuricemia in patients taking antitubercular therapy (ATT).
Methods: This randomized controlled study was conducted at a tertiary care teaching institute of Rajasthan in all the sputum-positive tubercular patients aged between 18 and 65 years of either sex. Serum uric acid level was monitored at 0 th , 2 nd , 4 th , 6 th , and 8 th week of ATT. Patients whose uric acid level was found to be increased at 2 nd week were finally recruited in the study. Ninety patients who developed hyperuricemia due to ATT were divided randomly into three groups (Group A - febuxostat, Group B - allopurinol, and Group C - control) of thirty patients each. Mean serum uric acid levels were calculated at all the weeks in all the groups, and serum uric acid levels were compared by applying student's t-test and ANOVA.
Results: Mean serum uric acid level decreased from 10.698 mg/dl (at 2 nd week) to 7.846 mg/dl (at 8 th week) in Group A and from 11.34 mg/dl (at 2 nd week) to 7.280 mg/dl (at 8 th week) in Group B. Numbers of adverse events encountered across both the treatment groups were same with both the drugs.
Conclusion: Allopurinol and febuxostat were equally efficacious in lowering PZA induced raised serum uric acid level in tubercular patients, and it was possible to continue ATT without withdrawing PZA.
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