ALLOPURINOL Reviews (ALLOPURINOL)Average Rating: 3.0 (212 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare ALLOPURINOL with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR ALLOPURINOL | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 3 | Gout attack | I started taking allopurinol on Sept 17th, 2007 - since then I have had trouble sleeping and I wake up with a headache everyday and I'm experiencing blurred vision, are these normal side effects? | F | 59 | 14 days | 9/29/2007 | 2 | gout | I have had dramatic weight gain starting 2-3 days after starting allopurinol. My abdomen is hard and distended and I have a dull ache in my right side. My hands have had severe itching. | F | 60 | 12 days | 9/12/2007 | 4 | Hyperuricemia / Gout | Increased urination upon waking up. Increased sleep(?) | Good Drug. Has enabled to maintain my uric acid levels at 7 from 9 earlier. Am on 200 mg HS. | M | 40 | 2 years | 9/10/2007 | 5 | Gout | No side effects | I've gotten used to taking the two pills every day. It keeps the gout away...and nothing is worth bringing back that pain! | M | 42 | 2 years | 8/26/2007 | 5 | Gout | When I first started on Allopurinol, it triggered an acute attack of gout (my worst ever) but since then my symptoms have stadily gotten better to where I haven't had even a twinge in the last year or so. | I initially resisted taking Allopurinol and tried to control my gout with diet, but after several attacks over a couple of years, I realized I was damaging my joints and the pain was causing me to not exercise. I regret not starting on it eariler. | M | 54 | 4 years | 8/13/2007 | 3 | gout | none so far | i still have gout attacks so i do not know it is really working | M | 27 | 8 weeks | 7/24/2007 | 3 | Acute attacks of Gout | Shortness of breath is the primary but have been lethargic since I began taking it and have unexplained weight gain. My guess is that the slowdown in my daily activity has brought about the weight since my appetite seems about the same. I had a triple by-pass and was never this short of breath. | This medicine worked great for Gout but I can no longer stand the side effects at 300mg/day. I am going off of it for a while to see if the side effects diminish. | M | 51 | 6 months | 7/19/2007 | 1 | gout | Last week experienced flu like symptoms that had me so sick. Headache, fever, chills, sweats, nausea, vomiting, dizziness, red rash. Stopped allopurinol as soon as I discovered potential allergic reactions and symptoms are subsiding. First time I have ever had an allergic reaction to a medication. | F | 62 | 2 weeks | 7/15/2007 | 3 | I Started taking it for gout in my | I was on allopurinol 100mg for over a year but my uric acid levels raised so im on 300mg now,but since i've started on the higer dose if had a few side affects. Has that happened to any one else or am i an exception? | M | 41 | 18 months | 7/14/2007 | 3 | Severe and frequent gout attacks | Have taken Allopurinol since 2004. For the past few months have suffered very dry and painful red eyes with cataracts forming in both eyes, causing vision loss in left eye. Have sleep disturbances, frequent virus infections and feel tired all the time - but gout under control! | No more excruciatingly painful gout attacks but now have blurred vision and can't find my "get up and go." | F | 66 | 3 days | 7/3/2007 | 1 | Gout | Severe backache, headache, fever & chills. Skin & eye redness. Shortness of breath. | Required hospital treatment for side effects, was told it was a severe allergic reaction & never to take it again. | M | 53 | 1 days | 5/27/2007 | 3 | Gout | Tiredness, Sore eyes, Heartburn and joint pain - mainly lower back. | On 500mg a day - seems quite high. Doctor says go back after 6months on 500mg for a Uric Acid test. Think I'll go back sooner though as the tiredness is doing me in. | M | 34 | 45 days | 5/23/2007 | 3 | Kidney Stones | Low energy, depression and joint pain. | It has reduced my visits to the hospital for Kidney Stones from 4-6/year to 1 every year or two. My low energy has me looking at a correlation with taking the drug. I've asked my GP & Arthritis Specialist but they didn't think so. That said I think they have not done their homework. | M | 53 | 8 years | 4/29/2007 | 5 | GOUT | I HAVE HAD NO SIDE EFFECTS WHATSOEVER. I HAVE NOT HAD A GOUT ATTACK SINCE I STARTED THIS MEDICATION | MY URIC ACID LEVEL WAS 8.8 [ BORDERLINE FOR GOUT ATTACKS ]. IF I ATE "WRONG FOODS- HIGH PURINES", MY URIC ACID LEVEL JUMPED, CAUSING A GOUT ATTACK. MY RHEUMATOLOGIST PRESCRIBED 150MG ALLOPURINOL DAILY, WHICH HAS MAINTAINED MY URIC ACID LEVEL AT 5.0. SINCE I BEGAN, MY FOOD RESTRICTIONS HAVE DISAPPEARED, AND I EAT WHATEVER I WISH. | M | 80 | 10 years | 4/27/2007 | 3 | gout | i have been taking 300 mg a day along with colchicine. After a few weeks my back, hips, knees, shoulders are sore all the time. i am fatigue all the time. | i haven't had an attack in 8 months but hate being sore and tired all the time. | M | 32 | 4 months | 4/19/2007 | 4 | Gout | Severe depression! - Strong urine smell - Some pain in kidneys. I've never been depressed before; now, I've actually contemplated suicide! (but I'd rather die than go through the severe gout again! | Gout became so severe that after attacks, white uric acid crystal "paste" would erupt out of the skin from the affected joint. After that, fluid would ooze out for months. Allupurinol + Colchicine was a "must"! | M | 57 | 150 days | 4/9/2007 | 3 | Gout | I have been on allopurinal for two yrs now and have side affects fatique dull joint pain every joint it seems like even back I believe that the allopurinal is reducing the crystals are gouty fluid in my joints I don't know for sure my blood work is normal.I have decreased my uric acid level with 300 mg a day from 10.7 to around 6.5 My question is I hate feeling tired all the time this fatique was gradual over the two yr. period. Just to let everyone know I had severe gout attacks prior to medication. I would love to know about anything that works just as well as the allopurinal remember only once a day for this drug. Email me if you understand this drug better than I do Thanks | M | 55 | 2 years | 4/9/2007 | 2 | Gout | Not me but my brother who was on allopurinol for some years. Liver Chirrosis, bleeding in stomach, dark red bruises all over, fluid retention including on lungs, possible kidney damage, low blood cell counts, high iron in blood, severe weight loss, cataracts - but no gout. Was disposing of medication when read these side effects on leaflet. Medics had been confused about why he was showing these symptoms. May just be co-incidence... | I prefer to control gout by being careful what I eat - esp avoid red meat - rarely a twinge unless negligent re diet. | M | 60 | | 3/5/2007 | 4 | Gout Attacks | No side effects. Attacks were 6x a year, so intense I could not walk. After the allopuinol, no attacks. I wont say I'm cured, but I will keep taking the drug. | Since Target re did their pricing, only $6 YEAH! | M | 41 | 1 years | 1/8/2007 | 5 | gout and uric acid stone | none | i have been on it for 20 years. uric acid runs about 3.5. no side effects no gout no stones. | M | 81 | 20 years | 1/1/2007 |