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Can Alkacitron Helps To Control High Uric Acid?

Posted on Mon, 18 Mar 2013

Question: Whether alkacitron can help in controlling high uric acid, as it is a alkaline and can bring down acidity in urine or blood.

Answered by Dr. Saurabh Gupta (50 minutes later)

Hi,
Thanks for posting your query

Alkacitron contains sodium acid citrate, is an urinary alkalizer basically used in uric acid (Hyperuecimia).For this there are other drugs like allopurinol available.

Hope this will be helpful to you. Let me know if you have any more concern.

Regards
Dr Saurabh Gupta

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar

Follow up: Dr. Saurabh Gupta (14 minutes later)

My doctor has prescribed febutaz 40 .which will be better allopurinol or febutaz

Answered by Dr. Saurabh Gupta (1 hour later)

Hi,
Thanks for posting your query again

Febuxostat (febutaz) had been shown to be more effective than allopurinol in lowering serum uric acid concentration. So it is Better to take febutaz 40 as prescribed by your doctor.

Hope this will be helpful to you. You can close the discussion if you have no more query.

Regards
Dr Saurabh Gupta

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Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar