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Dr. N. Lawrence Edwards, Gout and Uric Acid Education Society Chairman and CEO and Dr. Brian Mandell, M.D., Ph.D., Gout and Uric Acid Education Society Board Member answer the following questions for medical professionals pertaining to the drug therapy recommendations found in the recently published ACR Guidelines for the Management of Gout:

-What balance is recommended for pharmacological and non-pharmacological gout treatment?

-Part 1 of the Guidelines discusses how to make uric acid-lowering drugs as safe and effective as possible. Can you summarize this approach?

-A key point in the guidelines is that urate-lowering therapy should not be interrupted during an acute gout attack. Why?

-What are the standard drug treatments? How should doctors determine the most appropriate therapy?

-Is there any information a patient should have before starting urate-lowering therapy?

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