Topiroxostat (
INN
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; trade names Topiloric, Uriadec) is a drug for the treatment of
gout
Gout ( ) is a form of inflammatory arthritis characterized by recurrent attacks of a red, tender, hot and swollen joint, caused by deposition of monosodium urate monohydrate crystals. Pain typically comes on rapidly, reaching maximal intensit ...
and
hyperuricemia.
It was approved for use in Japan in June 2013.
[
Topiroxostat is a ]xanthine oxidase inhibitor A xanthine oxidase inhibitor is any substance that inhibits the activity of xanthine oxidase, an enzyme involved in purine metabolism. In humans, inhibition of xanthine oxidase reduces the production of uric acid, and several medications that inhi ...
which reduces serum urate
Uric acid is a heterocyclic compound of carbon, nitrogen, oxygen, and hydrogen with the formula C5H4N4O3. It forms ions and salts known as urates and acid urates, such as ammonium acid urate. Uric acid is a product of the metabolic breakdown o ...
levels.
References
Xanthine oxidase inhibitors
Triazoles
Pyridines
Nitriles
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