Canada’s official federal health service has released a warning about potential complications surrounding the gout medication Uloric. The Canadian Uloric warning has stirred concern in the United States over the potential risk of these effects manifesting in American patients. Explaining The Canadain Uloric Warning The Canadian Uloric warning concerned the standard 80 mg tablet of […]
Canada’s official federal health service has released a warning about potential complications surrounding the gout medication Uloric. The Canadian Uloric warning has stirred concern in the United States over the potential risk of these effects manifesting in American patients.
The Canadian Uloric warning concerned the standard 80 mg tablet of Uloric, also known generically as febuxostat. According to the notice, a study was conducted by CARES to examine the cardiovascular risk in patients who took Uloric with preexisting conditions. The preexisting conditions included were:
The Cares study found a higher incidence of cardiovascular deaths in users of Uloric when compared to and alternative gout treatment known as allopurinol. With 3,098 patients who used Uloric and 3,092 patients who used allopurinol, 74.4% more patients died of cardiovascular complications while taking Uloric (134 out of 3,098) as opposed to allopurinol (100 out of 3,092). It was also noted that most of the cardiovascular deaths in the Uloric group were caused by Sudden Heart Death (SDC), in which the heart spontaneously loses functionality.
That Canadian Uloric warning issued a set of guidelines alongside the announcement of the study results to reduce the dangers posed by these conclusions. Healthcare professionals have been advised to only prescribe Uloric to adult patients who have a negative response or intolerance to allopurinol, deny Uloric prescription to patients who have tendencies favoring heart attacks, ischemic heart disease, or congestive heart failure, and monitor patients for signs of heart attack, stroke, or heart failure in patients taking Uloric.
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While the Canadain Uloric warning does not directly affect policy in the United States. The warnings and trials in other countries can serve as warnings to consumers globally. As with previous complications such as textured breast implants and breast implant-associated anaplastic large cell lymphoma (BIA-ALCL), the Canadian Uloric warning may serve to pique FDA and consumer interest in examining this potential risk.
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