Gout - The Gout thread

[barbaro]

Take Colchicine and Allopurinol(minimum dosage) until the pain is gone, then only Allopurinol (100mg) for the rest of your life.

It's recommended to not take Allopurnol during an attack, because it can exacerbate it.

The minimum dosage is 100 mgs, I believe.

Works for me. I couldn't take pain killers at the start because of ulcers

If it works for you, then good on you.


I have a gout update:

Starting on January 1, 2013 I started taking 150 mgs of Allopurinol. I still take 12 teaspoon of baking soda but only before bed and not in the morning.

I have not NO problems.

Yay!!

[youneverknow]

People with gout must avoid sugary drinks | Oman Observer

Sufferers of gout might soon be advised to forgo sugary drinks to avoid pain and flaring up of the crippling affliction, according to a New Zealand study. Scientists at the University of Otago and the University of Auckland have discovered a human gene variant that can “turn bad” when affected by sugary drinks, Xinhua reported citing the study. It showed that when the variant of the gene SLC2A9 behaved correctly, it helped transport uric acid out of the bloodstream and facilitated its excretion through the kidney. “But when people with this gene variant consume sugary drinks, the apparent function of the gene variant reverses, such that we think uric acid is instead transported back into the blood stream and the risk of gout is increased,” Tony Merriman, associate professor in University of Otago’s biochemistry department, said in a statement. SLC2A9 is a newly identified urate transporter influencing serum urate concentration, urate excretion and gout. “So not only does sugar raise uric acid in the blood due to processing in the liver, but it also appears to directly interfere with excretion of uric acid from the kidney. This was a quite unpredictable interaction,” he said.



I kind of believe this to be true from recent personal experience having no had any soft drinks for quite some time and really overdoing it with them in the course of a couple of weeks. Gotta watch out for that stuff! I've got to get my crap in order because I am literally falling apart at lightspeed these days. I just can't go on this way.

[Cold Pizza]

Bumping and admin please merge the latest gout thread.

[Latindancer]

I agree....it would be great if you could merge them....if possible.