A 51-year-old with recurrent gout flares has serum urate 9.2 mg/dL, normal renal function. What is the preferred first-line urate-lowering therapy and...

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A 51-year-old with recurrent gout flares has serum urate 9.2 mg/dL, normal renal function. What is the preferred first-line urate-lowering therapy and target urate?

Accepted Answer

Allopurinol; target

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Probenecid; target

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Febuxostat; target

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Colchicine daily; no urate target

us-abfm MCQ (SBA): Gout-ULT and Target

A 51-year-old with recurrent gout flares has serum urate 9.2 mg/dL, normal renal function. What is the preferred first-line urate-lowering therapy and target urate?