Recommend to optimize patients pharmacotherapy regimen

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A 42-year-old woman presents to her family physician 48 hours after the onset of her third acute gout flare this year with complaints of severe pain and swelling of her left knee. She is taking febuxostat 40 mg once daily (initiated last month) and her serum uric acid today is 9.6 mg/dL (571 μmol/L). Except for gout, her past medical history is unremarkable, and she is adherent to current therapy. What do you recommend to optimize the patient's pharmacotherapy regimen?

Reference no: EM133649539

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