Allopurinol and gout attackes
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Hi. Any help or advise would be really appreciated please. After having regular gout attacks my doctor has put me on allopurinol. I had to take colchicine for 2 weeks before I started taking one tablet (100mg) of allopurinol per day. I had to continue on the colchince along side the allopurinol for a further 2 weeks in case the allopurinol caused a gout attack (which it did) I had numerous attacks in two months but had no pain relief from the doctor except paracetomal. I had a blood test after 2 months on allopurinol then the doc raised the allopurinal to 200mg per day, still didn't prescribe additional pain relief. I am due another blood test in early december but i'm not sure i am going to continue on the allopurinol as the attacks have been constants since i have been taking 200mg. I have had severe attacks in my toe, then ankle, most recently in my keft elbow and index finger, which were both inflamed and painfully unbearable. my finger was so swollen i went to nhs direct who prescribed diclofenac. when this attack was finally subsiding the gout decided to attack my right shoulder , after speaking with nurse at my doctors surgery i was prescribed dihydrocodeine, along side paracetamol and ibrobrufon. I know i have come a long way on the allopurinol but the thought of the doctor raising the allopurinol again after my next blood test brings me out in a sweat. I don't know how much longer i can bear the pain. I am getting anxious, short tempered and basically quite depressed now. any advise would be really, really appreciated. Thanks.
SYFY
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keith48631 Guest
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for at least three weeks.
rustygecko keith48631
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Karrotz Guest
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Recent research shows this is much better than the stuf you are taking alas. I did before.
got instant relief
12_Year_Gouting Guest
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Wow, I just read alot here.. Haha. Well SYFY I do feel for you. I have suffered from chronic gout for 12 years and when I mean chronic gout I mean I get gout attacks every 1-2 weeks without fail in both feet, both elbows and both knees, virtually after everytime few days that I ate I'd feel that twitch we all know so well when the attacks first start to errupt.. The pain...? There's nothing like it. It as though my limbs are being slowly dismembered with a blunt butter knife! Anyways I had learnt alot about Allopurinol from this thread guys thank you for that I will be going back onto them, I had stopped as it kept causing more frequent attacks. (like one attack a week wasn't enough..) Now SYFY I hope you read the reply of timothy12884 as he is the ONLY one to mention the drug Prednisone!! IF ANY OF YOU GOUT SUFFERERS WANT FAST EFFECTIVE PAIN RELIEF OF GOUT TAKE 1-2 TABLETS OF PREDNISONE A DAY AND IN COUPLE DAYS FLAT THAT PAIN IS GONE! But like many will say and myself included it is not a fix for gout, it just gives great relief so we can still perform our daily tasks. * Also Prednisone is a steroid drug as timothy12884 pointed out so over use of this drug does have side effects * I was recommended by my doctor not to take the drug longer than 5 consecutive days, so implemented properly it can make a HUGE difference on ones day to day life. Lastly, as of late my kidneys have been aching when I get gout attacks now. It started a month ago and I know that constant gout can cause kidneys stones!! Im so not looking forward to that day.. In the words of Michael Buffer "Let's get ready to rumble!" But if I go back to using Allop maybe I can get all these crystal deposits to leave my system haha but from what I read of GoutBuster its like cleaning the drain so those crystals will loosen up and move around the body causing attacks but after 12 years of pain I'm prepared to go through with it just to get that crap out of my body!! Good luck to us all
rustygecko 12_Year_Gouting
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Colchesine will reduce the pain.
Have you not been to a doctor in 12 years of gout?
If your kidneys ache you need to get that checked out before taking Allopurinol or colchesine (or probably anything else!)
12_Year_Gouting
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(evertime few days)... sorry for the appauling grammar it is 2am in Australia haha and I'm awake at the moment because I have gout
I can never sleep with this.. Chemist trip this morning asd a ran out of Prednisone tablets...
rustygecko 12_Year_Gouting
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You've been going to the doc and he never prescribed you Allopurinol etc? If so: go to a lawyer and sue him for every last penny.
What have they been giving you?
12_Year_Gouting rustygecko
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Yes, I know I should and I will but to be honest I am a little scared of what i might hear. But yes I will see the doc soon. Thank you for you're concern rusty.
12_Year_Gouting rustygecko
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rustygecko 12_Year_Gouting
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Interesting fact about Allopurinol - its side effect is that it lowers cholesterol!
rustygecko 12_Year_Gouting
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rustygecko 12_Year_Gouting
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What is your weight and height?
Do you drink enough water?
Do you drink beer?
12_Year_Gouting rustygecko
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Great thank you for the feed back
yes just over 3 week my kidneys have been aching off and on i had been just thinking of its just stones you can get them dealt to but if its the other... maybe i dont want to know... But you have been a great help to me tonight more so than my doctor has the last decade 0_o
12_Year_Gouting rustygecko
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Not sure on the levels.
I am 6foot 3inches
I weigh 320 pounds
And i have been sober for 8 years
12_Year_Gouting rustygecko
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rustygecko 12_Year_Gouting
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However, your gout would be helped if you either grew another 8 inches or reduced your weight.
12_Year_Gouting rustygecko
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rustygecko 12_Year_Gouting
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Step 1: buy a bike
Step 2: use it for 45 mins a day
..... give up the hangi :-)
And for your health give up smoking - get an electric cigarette.
Maori are more effected by gout than pakiha.
12_Year_Gouting rustygecko
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Haha yes thank you all future plans of mine bought a rowing machine a little ways back def plan on using it and yes gout is more prone to us many of my family and friends have cases just not as severe as me. Thank for the help rusty you take care too mate
rustygecko 12_Year_Gouting
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I reckon a bike is better than a rowing machine in that you can do an hour or so on a bike using the largest muscles in the body - almost without realizing. A rowing machine is conscious effort. But hey, one man's meat is another man's poison.