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Chinese Journal of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics ›› 2019, Vol. 24 ›› Issue (5): 589-594.doi: 10.12092/j.issn.1009-2501.2019.05.017

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Research progress on drug therapy of hyperuricemia

SUN Shanshan 1,2, QU Lianyue 1,2, DU Rongrong 1,2, LIN Jianyang 1,2   

  1. 1 Department of Pharmacy, the First Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang 110001, Liaoning, China; 2 College of Pharmaceutical Science, China Medical University, Shenyang 110122, Liaoning, China
  • Received:2018-12-03 Revised:2019-02-20 Online:2019-05-26 Published:2019-05-28

Abstract:

Hyperuricemia (HUA) is a metabolic disease resulting from either the overproduction of uric acid or reduced uric acid excretion. Chronic hyperuricemia and gout are associated with comorbidities such as hypertension, cardiovascular disease and chronic kidney disease (CKD). Timely and effective urate lowering therapy (ULT) is the key to reducing urate deposition, preventing gout attacks, reducing kidney damage, and reducing the incidence of other accompanying diseases. According to the different targets of drugs, uric acid lowering drugs can be divided into four categories: drugs that inhibit the production of uric acid, drugs that promote the excretion of uric acid, drugs that promote the dissolution of uric acid, and newly discovered drugs that can simultaneously inhibit the production of uric acid and promote the excretion of uric acid. Recently the development of the promising drugs, the introduction of drugs and the combination therapy have become the research focus.This paper reviews the research progress of uric acid-lowering drugs in recent years.

Key words: hyperuricemia, drug therapy, research progress

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