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To investigate the usefulness of allopurinol for the treatment of hyperuricemia in birds, experimental studies were performed using the physiologically occurring post-prandial hyperuricaemia in birds of prey as a model. Pre-and post-prandial plasma concentrations of allopurinol, oxypurinol,
A 2-year-old, neutered, crossbreed bitch was presented as an emergency with painful abdomen, fever and vomiting. The cause of the acute abdomen was a pyonephrosis of the left kidney, caused by four xanthine stones, which had blocked the ureter. After surgical removal of the heavily altered left
Fasting hypoglycemia is a known complication of mercaptopurine (6MP) maintenance therapy for acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL). It is associated with high levels of the methylated metabolite 6-methyl-mercaptopurine (6MMP). Symptoms of hypoglycemia include morning tremulousness, nausea and vomiting.
On the strength of recent evidence of the activity of the combination of cisplatin and 5-fluorouracil against squamous malignancies of the esophagus and head and neck, this regimen was evaluated in a phase II trial against metastatic or recurrent squamous carcinoma of the uterine cervix. Cisplatin
Forty patients with advanced squamous cell carcinoma of the esophagus were treated with a combination of cisplatin, 5-FU (by continuous 5-day infusion), and allopurinol; 37 are evaluable for response. Thirteen remissions (35%) were obtained, including three complete and ten partial, with a median
The present study was conducted to evaluate the effect of allopurinol spray on stomatitis induced by chemotherapy for esophageal cancer. The chemotherapeutics used consisted of 5-FU + CDDP (FC) given to 40 patients and 5-FU + ND (FN) given to 9 patients. Allopurinol solution for spray was prepared
A 41-year-old male was referred for autopsy from a hospital with a diagnosis of sepsis of uncertain etiology. As he had recently been attached to a military base in Southeast Asia, and had only just returned home, there was considerable concern that an unknown infectious agent may have been
Visceral leishmaniosis is a life-threatening disease of medical, social and economic importance in endemic areas. It is an opportunistic infection in immunocompromised patients, including human immunodeficiency virus-positive subjects. Dogs are the main reservoir of Leishmania infantum. The aim of
A patient with gout and schizophrenia is described who during a schizophrenic paroxysm with paranoid-hypochondriac-hallucinatory syndrome attempted to commit suicide and took 200 tablets milurit (20 g). He developed the picture of acute intoxication with nausea, vomiting, profuse diarrhea, abdominal
Hypereosinophilic syndrome (HES) is a rare disorder. It is defined as eosinophilia of greater than1.5x109 /L persisting for at least 6 months or death before 6 months without an identifiable cause and with eosinophil-mediated organ dysfunction. We present a rare case of hypereosinophilic syndrome
Drugs that are administered to man may be biotransformed to yield metabolites that are pharmacologically active. The therapeutic and toxic activities of drug metabolites and the species in which this activity was demonstrated are compiled for the metabolites of 58 drugs. The metabolite to parent
A 49 year old female patient with anorexia nervosa was admitted to the hospital because of treatment-refractory hyperuricemia and gout. Medical history and clinical findings were compatible with primary gout and uric acid nephropathy. The patient stated that she regularly took allopurinol. In the
The Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) studied 29 patients with advanced measurable colon cancer who were treated with Aminothiadiazole (NSC #4728) 125 mg/m2 intravenously. Allopurinol 300 mg daily was taken by all patients during treatment. Three patients (12%) demonstrated partial responses
Aminothiadiazole was used to treat 21 patients with metastatic or recurrent leiomyosarcoma of the uterus. All patients received a starting dose of aminothiadiazole of 125 mg/m2 intravenously (30-to-45-minute infusion), which was repeated at weekly intervals. All patients also took allopurinol 300 mg
Azathioprine toxicity was examined in 64 consecutively treated patients with various neuromuscular diseases. Reversible leukopenia was seen in 14 patients (22%). Hepatotoxicity developed in six patients (9%), and a systemic reaction characterized by fever, abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting, and