Serum urate blood tests while urate-lowering therapy is titrated
monthly
tests per year, UK, monthly until the target serum urate level is reached
“Start with a low dose of ULT and use monthly serum urate levels to guide dose increases, as tolerated, until the target serum urate level is reached.”
NICE NG219, Gout: diagnosis and management, recommendations, 2022-06
- Kind of source
- Clinical guideline
- Read on
- 2026-11-06
- Daily check
- Quote found at the source on 2026-11-06
- What to know
- Monthly only during dose titration (target below 360 micromol/litre), so a patient builds a short monthly series.
Used in
Kept as evidence; no figure on the platform is computed from it yet.