ALLOPURINOL Reviews (ALLOPURINOL)Average Rating: 3.0 (212 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare ALLOPURINOL with similar:
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| 1 | Gout | Not me, a friend. My friend was seriously sick from the side effects of Allopurinol. He has heart problems and the doctor probably should not have prescribed the drug. He started itching, REALLY bad. He was in and out of hospital for weeks, his skin started peeling off, it damaged his kidneys and other organs. 2 months later now and he is still very sick. He lost about 10kg, can't taste anything, he has fluid on his lungs and his heart rate is SO high. Please be vary careful when you take this medication, I can just hope my friend will recover from this. | M | 65 | 14 days | 11/7/2007 | 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 | 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 | 1 | gout | I have been taking allupurinol (Zyloric) on and off for many years, most recently for about a year. It is very effective and I was somewhat blase about the side effects. Recent easy bruising led to me to seek medical advice and it was found that my red blood cells and white blood cells were low and my platelets were dangerously low, to the extent that I would probably bleed to death without a blood transfusion before surgery. I am having a bone marrow biopsy next week which is not much fun. | I cannot state with certainty of course that the medication is the cause of my problem, but low blood cell levels are a listed side effect. I hope it is reversible if this is the case. I am not saying do not take it, but be extremely careful and very watchful for any side effects | M | 63 | | 11/19/2006 | 1 | High Uric Acid/Gout | About 2 weeks into meds I find I'm frequently feeling exhausted and yet have restless sleeps. I experience more headaches and have bouts of feeling light headed & dizzy. I've also found the joints in my feet where I did get gout are frequently sore (more frequently then when I actually had gout). | M | 36 | 4 weeks | 9/29/2006 | 1 | gout | joint pain, stomach cramping, sweats. overall like shite | I can't take it. One colchicine a day is as effective. | M | 32 | 30 days | 7/25/2006 | 1 | High Level of Uric Acid / Gout | Joint pain is getting worse than it was prior to starting this medication. Bouts of light-headedness and dizziness. Feel exhausted all the time. Headaches are increasing. | I've only been on this medication for 4 weeks, but I don't want to be on it anymore. | F | 31 | 4 weeks | 7/18/2006 | 1 | Gout | Suddenly had pain in all my joints and continue to have lots of pain, Need help never had this pain before. Contact Pete Sebala ASAP.. at tessa _ [email protected] HAVE Attorney. | M | 34 | 2 weeks | 3/26/2004 | 1 | high uric acid/stone former | made me feel depressed. m.d. said no such sideeffect reported. Much later another m.d. or pharm.d. found this was a rare side effect. Perhaps not as rare as believed. Yes I have suffered/do suffer from depression, but as a Psychatric nurse(bsn) I know when I'm depressed and when not and this rx makes me depressed. | F | 48 | 24 days | 3/5/2004 | 2 | High Utica acid level | Dry mouth, red oozing blisters on tips and sides of fingers and hands, skin became dry and started peeling on tops of fingers and along the sides of hands with red bloody small blisters | M | 60 | 30 days 300mg 1X day | 3/21/2023 | 2 | Gout | Fatigue, migraine, increased appetite | It lowered my uric acid from around 6 to around 4.5 the same day. I got less inflammtion in my legs, but the fatigue was too severe too handle. I´m not ready to live like this for a long time, Going to try fruit and vegetable diet instead. | M | 50 | 4 days 100 mg 1X day | 9/16/2022 | 2 | Very high uric acid | Does not make gout go away. I had this flare for 6 weeks now and i also been taking. Neproxen(vimovo). I feel tired and dizzy after taking this drug and still not able to walk neproxen was helping with swelling and pain but trying to walk for an hour i came back with excruciating pain in my foot and joints. At times it feels like my other foot is slowly getting worst. Big worries about lossing my mobility. Changed diet prior to medication didnt seem to help much | Will go see chinese medicine doctor and try accupuncture and ancient herbs. | M | 35 | 21 days 100mg 1X day | 1/14/2022 | 2 | Minor Gout with 6.8 Uric acid | Physically active amateur athlete with very clean diet for past 20 years. Never had sore joints prior to use . No other side effects other than very sore hip, back joints, knuckle is hand and muscles. Fatigue as well. How in the wilds | M | 39 | 45 days 300 | 1/11/2020 | 2 | Uric acid levels elevated | After 30 days I noticed cramps in legs and twitching in several muscles. | M | 53 | 1 months 100mg | 11/21/2016 | 2 | Gout | Brain fog, headache dizziness and fatigue | Will request my physician to take me off. | M | 43 | 2 weeks 150 1X day | 7/7/2016 | 2 | Gout | Major headaches within 4-5 hours. | M | 71 | 10 days 100 2X day | 10/9/2015 | 2 | Dr wrote my prescription | Left ankle so painful and feels like someone is sticking needle repeatly this is all day relief when I wake up next day in the morning then it starts 2hrs later its horrible | F | 52 | 2 years 100mg | 8/4/2015 | 2 | 1 days | 6/5/2015 | 2 | High Uric Acid Levels | Teeth pain, sores on tongue, cold sweats, vertigo, shakiness and a general bad feeling. | I have only been taking it for 5 days but really don't like the way I feel on it. My levels are just above normal range but after reading the horrific frequent side effects is really making me want to stop. Maybe start drinking cherry juice and eating cherries from now on. | M | 35 | 5 days 100mg 1X day | 1/5/2014 | 2 | Gout | Itching, Welts swelled up in random locations, headaches, nausea, every joint in my body hurts now instead of just my ankle. This stuff is awful I have not had an attack in three years and the only thing I was doing was eating a bag of black cherries per every two weeks and bought enough bags to freeze for when not in season and this winter I didn't buy before the last shipment to the grocery store and low And behold 65 days no cherries and the gout is in full effect. Took allupurinol to try and make it till June but forget that I am headed to grocery store getn some cherry juice and going to choke it down it really does work and no side effects these damn doctors need to get educated on the issues they are diagnosing I was advised on cherries from my chiropractor go figure the one doctor insurance companies don't want to pay for the ones that help without the use of drugs! | M | 37 | 6 days 300 | 3/18/2012 |