Lehne's Pharmacotherapeutics Chapter 60 questions and answers latest update Graded A+ A patient who has gout will begin taking febuxostat [Uloric] and colchicine. What will the nurse include when teaching this patient about this drug regimen? -
Lehne's Pharmacotherapeutics Chapter 60 questions and answers latest update Graded A+ A patient who has gout will begin taking febuxostat [Uloric] and colchicine. What will the nurse include when teaching this patient about this drug regimen? - "You will stop taking the colchicine within 6 months after starting therapy."-------At the beginning oftherapy with fevuxostat, symptoms of gout may flare, so colchicine or NSAIDS are given for up to 6 months to alleviate this. The combination does not prevent effects on the liver. The febuxostat will be given indefinitely
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