Seasonal variations for newly prescribed urate-lowering drugs for asymptomatic hyperuricemia and gout in Japan
Masafumi Kurajoh,
Seigo Akari,
Takashi Nakamura
et al.
Abstract:Background: Urate-lowering drugs (ULDs) have been approved for treatment of asymptomatic hyperuricemia and gout in Japan. Although serum urate levels and rates of gout onset are known to have seasonal variations, no survey results regarding the seasonality of ULD prescriptions for asymptomatic hyperuricemia and gout have been reported.Methods: A large-scale database of medical claims in Japan filed between January 2019 and December 2022 was accessed. In addition to total size of the recorded population for eac… Show more
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