What drugs can be used to lower uric acid?

Suffering from encephalitis will cause great pain to the patient, especially when encephalitis occurs every year, the patient will experience joint deformities, redness, swelling, pain, and even renal failure. These symptoms will make the patient feel miserable, so the medicine for treating encephalitis is what patients are most concerned about, especially some patients will be concerned about whether they have to take medicine for the rest of their lives if they suffer from encephalitis. For patients suffering from rheumatoid arthritis, the main thing is to take drugs that can print uric acid and lower uric acid. Now let’s talk about which drugs can be used to lower uric acid.

1. Use drugs that inhibit uric acid production. The main principle of this type of drug is that during the metabolism of uric acid produced by the human body's digestion of food, the substances that produce uric acid are converted into other metabolites, thereby achieving the purpose of treatment. However, this type of drug also has side effects and is not suitable for every patient.

2. Use drugs that decompose uric acid. Its important function is to help the intestines break down excess uric acid into other metabolites necessary for the human body, thereby achieving the purpose of lowering uric acid. Gout can be controlled and alleviated, but of course the dosage must also be controlled. Just the right dosage is fine. Too much may have side effects.

3. Take appropriate amounts of medicine to help excrete uric acid. It helps the kidneys excrete more uric acid and keeps the daily uric acid level within the normal range. However, this type of drug can also have adverse effects on other internal organs. You can also use drugs containing alkaline elements. This type of drug uses the principle of acid-base neutralization to achieve the purpose of expelling and dissolving uric acid.

Side effects of uric acid-lowering drugs

1. It may induce gout attacks.

This may sound a bit strange, but it is actually quite easy to understand. The medication drastically reduces the uric acid level in the blood, and the urate crystals in the joints are dissolved and released, ready to be "replenished" into the blood. However, the joints release too much uric acid, which does not have time to enter the blood at once. Instead, it all remains in the small joint cavity. This is a considerable irritation and may very likely trigger an arthritis attack.

2. Increase the risk of urinary stones.

Because uric acid is excreted through the urinary system, when uric acid excretion increases, the uric acid concentration in the urinary system will increase accordingly. If you do not drink enough water, these uric acids may precipitate and deposit in the urinary system and form stones.