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How to use this medication Allergic reaction Drug interactions Allopurinol can sometimes cause an allergic You must not take azathioprine while taking What is it reaction. Symptoms include fever, chills, allopurinol. Check with your doctor or nausea, vomiting, joint pain, and skin rash. pharmacist before starting any new medicine. Allopurinol is a medication used to prevent This is rare. Stop allopurinol immediately. attacks of gout. While taking this medicine it is important to have your blood tested Get occasional blood tests occasionally. When should I call my doctor It is important to occasionally have your blood tested while taking allopurinol. This is important to keep track of your gout and Please call if you need to stop Take it every day to make sure your blood counts, liver, and • If you feel sick and want to stop kidneys are ok. • If you are concerned about any side effects This medicine is taken once a day. • If you want to or have already stopped the medicine Watch how much alcohol you drink Drinking alcohol can flare your gout. It is best Other reasons to call your doctor: Tablets to avoid alcohol completely. It comes in 100 & 300 mg tablets. The usual dose is between 50 to 800 mg per day. Discuss your dose with your doctor. Side effects & important facts Rash Flare of Allergic Pregnant gout reaction or Planning Pregnancy Be patient Gout flare When first started, allopurinol can increase It will take some time for the medicine to gout flares. It is important to keep taking Other important information work. You may have flares of gout when allopurinol. Your doctor can treat your flare of starting. It is important to keep taking the gout with different medicine. medicine. Stopping allopurinol Diarrhea & nausea You can simply stop taking allopurinol. Please Allopurinol can cause diarrhea, abdominal call your doctor if you stop the medication. What you need to do pain, nausea, and vomiting.

Stop if you develop a skin rash Pregnancy & breastfeeding Allopurinol can cause severe skin rashes. This Allopurinol has not been studied in pregnancy. is very rare. If you develop a skin rash stop the Let your doctor know if you are planning to allopurinol immediately. get pregnant or if you are breastfeeding. Copyright 2011 Rheuminfo Inc. (www.RheumInfo.com) Flesch-Kincaid Reading Grade: 7.4