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2022 October (Supplementary) (2010 Scheme) · 40 marks · 120 min

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Colchicine/Allopurinol in Acute Gout Name the following (Two examples for each): (5x1=5)

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Answer

Colchicine is the appropriate choice for an acute gout attack — it inhibits neutrophil microtubule polymerization and migration into the joint, rapidly reducing the inflammatory response to deposited urate crystals. Allopurinol, a xanthine oxidase inhibitor that lowers serum urate, is unsuitable for an acute attack: starting it during an acute flare can mobilize urate crystals and actually worsen or prolong the attack. Allopurinol is reserved for interval (prophylactic) therapy, started only after the acute attack has resolved.

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