METHODS FOR TREATING HYPERURICEMIA IN PATIENTS WITH GOUT USING HALOFENATE OR HALOFENIC ACID AND A SECOND URATE-LOWERING AGENT.

摘要

Disclosed herein are pharmaceutical compositions, methods and kits for lowering the serum uric acid level of a subject and for the treatment of a condition associated with elevated serum uric acid levels comprising administering a composition comprising a first urate-lowering agent and a second urate-lowering agent. In some aspects the first urate-lowering agent is (-)- halofenate, (-)- halofenic acid, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. In some aspects the second urate-lowering agent is an inhibitor of uric acid production, a uricosuric agent, a uricase, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.