Uricosuric agents are used when several acute attacks of gouty arthritis have occurred or when plasma levels of uric acid will most likely cause:

A) rheumatoid arthritis
B) rheumatic fever
C) hyperglycemia
D) tissue damage


D) tissue damage
Uricosuric agents should be used if several acute attacks of gouty arthritis have occurred or when plasma levels of uric acid in patients with gout are so high that tissue damage is almost inevitable.

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