Search

However, as stated in our study limitations, we did not collect information on gout symptoms after allopurinol was stopped and we are unable to comment on the effect of serum uric acid levels or urate-lowering treatment on symptom burden. Keywords: ESRD; gout; hemodialysis; uric acid EN ESRD gout hemodialysis uric acid 585 585 1 03/06/23 20230301 NES 230301 We thank Tsai et al[1] for their comments and interest in our article.[2] In response, 8 out of 10 patients were exclusively on allopurinol, 1 patient was switched from pegloticase to allopurinol 4 years prior to the initiation of hemodialysis (HD) and 1 patient was on both febuxostat and allopurinol which were discontinued within 1 year of HD initiation. [Extracted from the article]