Question 279 · LEK · Gout
Which of the following drugs is used to alleviate an acute gout attack?
- A. indapamide.
- B. furosemide.
- C. allopurinol.
- D. spironolactone.
- E. colchicine.
Hint
Separate drugs that abort the inflammatory attack from those used long term to lower urate and from those that worsen hyperuricaemia.
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