{"title":"Treat-to-target or treat-to-dissolve strategy to improve gout treatment","authors":"Pascal Richette, Nicola Dalbeth","doi":"10.1038/s41584-024-01117-5","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Medication adherence in gout is low, and discontinuation of urate-lowering therapy puts patients at risk of flares and cardiovascular events. A strategy to regularly monitor serum urate levels and the dissolution of urate deposits (particularly if visualized by patients) might encourage adherence in the long term.","PeriodicalId":18810,"journal":{"name":"Nature Reviews Rheumatology","volume":"20 7","pages":"393-394"},"PeriodicalIF":29.4000,"publicationDate":"2024-04-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Nature Reviews Rheumatology","FirstCategoryId":"3","ListUrlMain":"https://www.nature.com/articles/s41584-024-01117-5","RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q1","JCRName":"RHEUMATOLOGY","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Medication adherence in gout is low, and discontinuation of urate-lowering therapy puts patients at risk of flares and cardiovascular events. A strategy to regularly monitor serum urate levels and the dissolution of urate deposits (particularly if visualized by patients) might encourage adherence in the long term.
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