1.0Public Citizenhttps://www.citizen.orgDiane Krauthamerhttps://www.citizen.org/author/dkrauthamer/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="i6ks3IK0Pk"><a href="https://www.citizen.org/article/petition-to-the-fda-to-ban-the-gout-medication-febuxostat-uloric/">Petition to the FDA to Ban the Gout Medication Febuxostat (Uloric)</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.citizen.org/article/petition-to-the-fda-to-ban-the-gout-medication-febuxostat-uloric/embed/#?secret=i6ks3IK0Pk" width="600" height="338" title="“Petition to the FDA to Ban the Gout Medication Febuxostat (Uloric)” — Public Citizen" data-secret="i6ks3IK0Pk" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); /* ]]> */ </script> Public Citizen petitioned the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to ban the sale of the widely prescribed gout drug febuxostat (sold under the brand name Uloric) because use of the drug increases the risk of death compared with alternative therapies and there exist other effective medications that have been approved by the FDA for treatment of gout that have a lower risk of death.https://www.citizen.org/wp-content/uploads/public_citizen_shared_link.jpg1200628