Uses
MITIGARE is a prescription medication used to prevent gout flares in adults.
It is not known if MITIGARE is safe and effective for the treatment of:
• acute gout flares
This is not a pain medicine, and it should not be taken to treat pain related to other conditions unless specifically for those conditions.
It is not known if it is safe and effective in children.
Side Effects Of Mitigare
MITIGARE can cause serious side effects or death if levels are too high in your body.
• Taking certain medicines with MITIGARE can cause your level to be too high, especially if you have kidney or liver problems.
• Tell your healthcare provider about all your medical conditions, including if you have kidney or liver problems. Your dose may need to be changed.
• Even medicines that you take for a short period of time, such as antibiotics, can interact with MITIGARE and cause serious side effects or death.
Warnings & Precautions
Before you take MITIGARE, tell your healthcare provider:
- about all of your medical conditions
- if you have kidney or liver problems
- if you are pregnant or plan to become pregnant. It is not known if MITIGARE can harm your unborn baby. Talk to your healthcare provider if you are pregnant or plan to become pregnant.
- if you are breastfeeding or plan to breastfeed. MITIGARE can pass into your breast milk and may harm your baby. Talk to your healthcare provider about the best way to feed your baby if you take it.
Dosage Of Mitigare
Take MITIGARE exactly as your healthcare provider tells you to take it.
- MITIGARE can be taken with or without food.
- If you take too much call your healthcare provider or go to the nearest hospital emergency room right away.
- Do not stop taking MITIGARE unless your healthcare provider tells you to.
- If you miss a dose, take it as soon as you remember. If it is almost time for your next dose, skip the missed dose. Take the next dose at your regular time. Do not take 2 doses at the same time.
- If you have a gout flare while taking it, tell your healthcare provider.
Other
Medicines are sometimes prescribed for purposes other than those listed in a Medication Guide. Do not take MITIGARE for a condition for which it was not prescribed. Do not give it to other people, even if they have the same symptoms that you have. It may harm them. This Medication Guide summarizes the most important information about MITIGARE. If you would like more information, talk to your pharmacist or healthcare provider for information about it that is written for health professionals.
Source
All information has been provided courtesy of MedLinePlus from the National Library of Medicine and from the FDA.
