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How long should you take allapurinol 2600:1005:B053:CF2C:8D1A:960A:881F:2292 (talk) 00:14, 13 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

It only reduces the levels of uric acid while you are taking it, so it would only be useful in preventing gout W;ChangingUsername (talk) 03:14, 18 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Oxypurinol in tumor lysis syndrome

Didn't oxypurinol (a metabolite of allo) replace this as a drug they gave for tumor/necrosis? I think it said on a "compassion-basis"

Oxypurinol also has interactions with TNF W;ChangingUsername (talk) 03:13, 18 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]