This brand name is authorized in Austria
The drug GICHTEX RETARD contains one active pharmaceutical ingredient (API):
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Allopurinol
UNII 63CZ7GJN5I - ALLOPURINOL
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Allopurinol is a xanthine-oxidase inhibitor. Allopurinol and its main metabolite oxipurinol lower the level of uric acid in plasma and urine by inhibition of xanthine oxidase, the enzyme catalyzing the oxidation of hypoxanthine to xanthine and xanthine to uric acid. |
This drug has been classified in the anatomical therapeutic chemical (ATC) classification system as follows:
| ATC code | Group title | Classification |
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| M04AA01 | Allopurinol | M Musculo-skeletal system → M04 Antigout preparations → M04A Antigout preparations → M04AA Preparations inhibiting uric acid production |
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