In addition to gout when else might xanthine oxidase inhibitors be used?
- • Hyperuricosuria (24-hour urine uric acid >1100 mg) due to risk of uric acid nephrolithiasis.
- • Prophylaxis against tumor lysis syndrome.
- • Hypoxanthine phosphoribosyltransferase deficiency (Lesch–Nyhan syndrome).
- • Hyperuricemia due to myeloproliferative disorders.
- • Hyperuricemia with nephrolithiasis of any type.
