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Drug helps kidney patients

Seeded on Thu Jun 10, 2010 10:17 PM EDT
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LONDON - A DRUG commonly used to treat gout may help patients with chronic kidney disease keep their condition in check and reduce the risk of heart problems, Spanish scientists said on Thursday.

Researchers from Madrid studied just over 100 patients and found that treatment with allopurinol, a generic drug which has been used for 40 years to treat gout, reduced inflammation in kidney patients, slowed the progression of their disease and cut the risk of heart problems or hospitalisation.

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