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• TITLE: Febuxostat: Successful Desensitization Protocol

  AUTHORS: Cesar Daniel Alonso-Bello, Mayra Matías-Carmona, Victoria Isabel Castañeda-Ávila, Evelyn Aranda-Cano, María Isabel Castrejón-Vázquez

  KEYWORDS: Febuxostat, Drug Allergy, Hypersensitivity, Desensitization Protocol, Allergy

  JOURNAL NAME: Open Access Library Journal, Vol.9 No.3, March 18, 2022

  ABSTRACT: Hyperuricemia is defined as the increase in uric acid when it exceeds its solubility limit, about 6.8 mg/dl. Persistent hyperuricemia causes diseases such as gouty arthritis, arthropathy, urolithiasis, and nephropathy. We present the clinical case of a 46-year-old patient with gout and persistent hyperuricemia; he presented cutaneous hypersensitivity to allopurinol and febuxostat and, for this reason, the patient stopped the treatment. After undergoing a 5-day new febuxostat desensitization protocol, he tolerated the drug without adverse effects. This case report highlights the importance of allergy desensitization if there’s no other therapeutic option in patients with hypersensitivity to allopurinol and febuxostat.