probenecid
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- n a uricosuric drug that reduces the level of uric acid in the blood; used to treat gout
- But probenecid did not become prohibited in international cycling until August, so Delgado got away with it.
- Another drug, probenecid, is no good for acute attacks and may actually aggravate them, but paradoxically is the best long-term treatment to keep the disease quiescent.
- Doctors are discovering that combining the potent antiviral drug with such other formulas as interferon (an immune- system booster) or probenecid (an antigout drug) lowers the dose .