Abstract
Allopurinol [4-hydroxypyrazolo(3,4-d)pyrimidine], a potent inhibitor of xanthine oxidase, was given orally to patients with leukemia and lymphoma in whom marked hyperuricemia was present or was to be expected as a result of cytolytic therapy. There was a decrease in serum uric acid in each patient, and a decrease in urine uric acid excretion in each of the ten patients in whom it was measured. This was accompanied by only a moderate increase in urinary oxypurines and no evidence of renal, hematologic, gastrointestinal, or hepatic toxicity.
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