Pyrazinamide hyperuricemia with

Pyrazinamide interferes with the renal excretion of urate, resulting in hyperuricemia. Acute episodes of gout or arthralgia have occurred. Arthralgia responds better to NSAIDs than to uricosuric drugs (997). 

Pyrazinamide Adults Based on IBW 40-55 kg 1000 mg 56-75 kg 1500 mg 76-90 kg 2000 mg Children 15-30 mg/kg Hepatotoxicity, gastrointestinal symptoms (nausea, vomiting), non-gouty polyarthralgia, asymptomatic hyperuricemia, acute gouty arthritis, transient morbilliform rash, dermatitis Serum uric acid can serve as a surrogate marker for compliance FFTs in patients with underlying liver disease... 

C. Pyrazinamide is known to cause hyperuricemia and precipitate gouty arthritis. Pyrazinamide-induced gouty arthritis does not respond to uricosuric therapy with probenecid but may respond to acetylsalicylic acid. Cycloserine (A) can cause headaches, confusion, tremors, and seizures, possibly secondary to low levels of magnesium in the cerebrospinal fluid cycloserine should be avoided in patients with epilepsy and mental depression. It is not associated with hyperuricemia. Thiacetazone (B) is an antibiotic that is rarely used in tuberculosis. The most common adverse reactions are general rashes and GI intolerance. Its use is not associated with hy-... 

The combination of pyrazinamide plus levofloxacin is first-line treatment for multidrug-resistant latent tuberculosis. In 17 Canadian patients there were important adverse reactions affecting the musculoskeletal and central nervous systems hyperuricemia, gastrointestinal effects, and dermatological effects were also common (3). This combination may be used with careful monitoring for adverse effects. 

Is the secretory transport in man and chimpanzee quantitatively important The fact that in the chimpanzee, which normally excretes 10% of the amount filtered, it is possible to increase the fractional excretion to 150% by mersalyl (a mercurial diuretic) points to an important secretory capacity (Fanelli et al., 1973). In man, secretion, is required for maintaining urate homeostasis since patients treated with pyrazinamide for tuberculosis may develop hyperuricemia (Emmerson, 1978 review). Furthermore, a retention of urate is observed when diuretics are given over long periods. Part of the retention is secondary to volume depletion and a stimulation of reabsorption (Steele, 1978), but at least in the case of thiazides a direct inhibition of the secretory transport cannot be excluded (Emmerson 1978, review). Such an effect was shown to occur in the rat (Weinman et al. 1975, 1976). 

The investigation was conducted with the voluntary cooperation of 10 normal males (mean age, 33 years) who were placed on an essentially purine-free diet during the study. Renal handling of uric acid was examined by means of the pyrazinamide (PZA) and probenecid (PB) tests, performed in three uricemia states normouricemia 3.6 to 6.4 mg/dl), allopurinol-induced hypouricemia (under 3.5 mg/dl), and hyperuricemia after oral administration of RNA monosodium salt (over 6.5 mg/dl). 

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