In describing Anturane, Ciba-Geigy Pharmaceuticals said only: "Its pharmacologic activity is limited almost exclusively to the potentiation of the urinary excretion of uric acid.
There is some pharmacologic data that says your peak blood levels are actually delayed if you take the pill with a fatty meal.
Henry R. Kranzler, MD, Named Director of Penn's Center for Studies of Addiction Henry R. Kranzler, MD, a professor of Psychiatry at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania whose work has contributed to the identification of genetic risk factors and pharmacological treatments for drug and alcohol dependence, has been named the Director of the Center for Studies of Addiction.
July 26, 2013 - Newswise