Chapter 56- Gout and Hyperuricemia

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IMPORTANT NOTE – PLEASE READ FIRST: This continuing education assessment requires that you first purchase the text book: Pharmacotherapy Principles & Practice. Please go to our home page: http://www.rxugace.com/ and click on “Books” for more information Prior To Registering for this assessment.

Upon completion of the corresponding textbook chapter in Pharmacotherapy Principles & Practice and this on-line assessment, the reader should be able to:

1. Recognize major risk factors for developing gout in a given person.
2. Develop a pharmacotherapeutic plan for a patient with acute gouty arthritis or uric acid nephropathy that includes individualized drug selection and monitoring for efficacy and safety.
3. Identify patients in whom maintenance therapy for gout and hyperuricemia is warranted.
4. Select an appropriate drug to reduce serum uric acid levels in patients with gout, and outline a plan for monitoring efficacy and toxicity.
5. Educate patients on appropriate lifestyle modifications to help prevent gouty arthritis attacks.

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