Method for treating hyperuricemia in patients with gout using halofenate or halofenic acid and an anti-inflammatory agent

摘要

Disclosed herein are pharmaceutical compositions, methods and kits for lowering the serum uric acid level of a subject and for the treatment of a condition associated with elevated serum uric acid levels comprising administering a composition comprising a urate-lowering agent and an anti-inflammatory agent. In some aspects the urate-lowering agent is (-)- halofenate, (-)-halofenic acid, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. In some aspects the second agent is an anti-inflammatory agent, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.