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7+ weeks Gout Flare keeps me in Bed August 8, 2020
Hey ladies and gentlemen. I’ve had a very bad gout flare up since May 25th and I have been stuck in bed since. Being bed bound, I lost all my muscles on my legs. I went to the ER on June 1st, and the doctors just gave me a prescription for naproxen which I already ...
Fear of allopurinol side effects August 7, 2020
I am 51 with a 4-year history of Gout. I have 2-3 attacks per year mostly precipitated by eating a lot of fructose or being sick. Most are minor lasting 1 day. Uric acid runs between 7.5 and 10.
Doctor suggested Allopurinol, I am hesitant after reading all side effects. But I am concerned with ...
Joint stiffness with Allopurinol August 3, 2020
Hi everyone,
My doctor switched me from Febuxostat to Allopurinol since I started experiencing insomnia when I took febuxostat for 1 month. I started Allopurinol just yesterday and I had very stiff left shoulder and elbow joints on my left side when I woke up today. I just ignored it and took the dose today but ...
Gout thumb and celebrex August 2, 2020
I’ve experienced gout in my big toe several times but suddenly last night my thumb started hurting. I thought I might have strained it working in the yard. I’m 61 so I get wear and tear pains all the time, but this went from zero to can’t hold anything in about two hours. I realized ...
Gout Relief from Baking Soda July 31, 2020
As I have gotten older, I develop more indigestion and started taking an old remedy of baking soda in water, about 1 tsp to 6 ounces. This works wonders when lying down for the night.
As I developed gout, right big toe, I stumbled onto the miracle ...
Allopurinol and beer July 26, 2020
Hello,
I just went through my worst gout attack ever. My knee got so inflamed that I actually had to go to the emergency room to get 60 cc of joint fluid drained. The doctor had me on Prednisone for a few weeks, and now I’ve been on Colchicine for a week. He just filled ...
Allopurinol itching and skin rash July 25, 2020
I don’t know if its coincidence or not. I started on the colgout tablet then the allopurinol tablet. 100 mg for a week 200 mg for a week and 300 mg. Then dropped off the colgout. I developed a small rash below my belly button. I used caneston cream as I can get a heat rash in this ...
Confusing Uric Acid Levels July 24, 2020
Hi, I’m a first time gout sufferer and as of right now am totally confused by my Uric Acid results. I had a physical last Aug and normal results (5.8) and that was the day after a VERY heavy drinking weekend. Below is what has me confused.
Aug 28: 5.8
(Physical done the day after ...
Fasting, Uric Acid, and Allopurinol July 23, 2020
Hi there
I know that patients with gout or those predisposed to gout are advised against fasting due to the raising of uric acid. However does it mean fasting as in total fasting so in other words abstaining from food completely?
How would this affect somebody who did a juice fast for a couple of days as ...
First Gout Attack! What can I eat? July 23, 2020
I am a very active 52 year-old woman of normal weight who had a gout attack on Monday night, July 29, 2019. I have taken nothing prescribed (Colchicine 0.6 mg cap and Indomethacin 25 mg caps) as I have been too afraid of the drugs. My biggest question is, am I harming myself ...
First gout attack, wondering do I need meds July 22, 2020
Got my first gout attack about 8 weeks ago – my left thumb was swollen and painful and was not able to move it. Took ibuprofen and next day was more or less ok. Now 8 weeks later the thumb is still a bit painful and it and it gets worse when walking longer ...
Uric Acid and Back Pain July 21, 2020
Following Joanne’s comment on Uric Acid Back Pain: The Heavy Load Of Gout, that page is now flagged for review.
Joanne says:
Back Pain
Lower back pain feels like a large lump at base of my spine and a lump on top of my spine .. got high levels of uric acid in my blood … had both ...
Why I had a Gout Attack after the previous one ? July 20, 2020
Hi everybody !
I would like to ask this question. I had a painful gout attack 2 weeks ago and yesterday I was almost cured again. I began to drink water, a lot. I began to take C Vitamin, Magnesium, a lot of vegetables, sodium bicarbonate, etc…
I believed an alkaline protocol would cure my pain ...
Found the Gout Flare offender – Lager July 19, 2020
The following might be of some interest to gout sufferers.
I had suffered from severe gout attacks for many years in different parts of the world, always ending up in hospital and a wheelchair. I was already on a small dose of Allopurinol. So doctor raised the dose to 300 mg, but the problem persisted. ...
Aching Gouty Toe despite Allopurinol July 17, 2020
Uric Acid dissolving crystals pain identification when happening
I have been taking 200 mg of Allopurinol for 18 months now, and with my recent 5.5 Uric acid reading, feel like things are pretty good. Within the last 2 days, after walking, exercising my big toe intermittently started to ache a bit.
My question is if ...
Gout, uric acid and cherries July 16, 2020
I want to do a little research project with myself and a few others to see if our uric acid levels go down with taking tart cherries.
In your opinion when do you think would be the best time to take an accurate uric acid reading. In the morning before food?
I will test one group who ...
Stopped drinking beer, good gout diet, but foot swollen July 15, 2020
Stopped drinking beer, now eating and drinking all the right things swollen foot
Hi all
I’ve had gout on and off for many years, moved to a warmer climate and it kicked off again with my left foot being swollen and red on the side and very painful. My Wife laughs now because I like my beer ...
Gout Attack Severity and Duration with Epsom Salt July 14, 2020
Hello, good to see these boards have become very active recently. So much information flying about, poor doctors have to deal with our extensive knowledge when they see us now 🙂
One thing I’d like to ask the community is gout flare period and severity.
I started 100 mg of allopurinol in mid December which dropped UA ...
Gout flares at a low urate level – How long? July 1, 2020
Much of what I have read here reinforces my own experiences.
I have my own blood urate level tester which seems to be reasonably accurate (+/- 20%) when compared with hospital analyses.
I had suffered little gout over a year and was careless about regularly taking allopurinol.
After a nasty flare-up, I found my urate level ...
