Medical term:
sulfinpyrazone
sulfinpyrazone
[sul″fin-pi´rah-zōn]a uricosuric compound used in gout to promote excretion of uric acid; administered orally. It also prolongs platelet survival and inhibits platelet adherence to subendothelial cells and prostaglandin synthesis and has been studied as an antithrombotic agent.
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sulfinpyrazone
(sŭl′fĭn-pĭr′ə-zōn′)n.
A drug, C23H20N2O3S, related to phenylbutazone, that promotes urinary excretion of uric acid and is used in the treatment of gout.
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Sulfinpyrazone
A drug that corrects hyperuricemia by increasing the urinary excretion of urate.
Mentioned in: Gout
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