Gout

Oh my goodness! One flare up and you're on all that nasty medication? I would suggest weaning yourself off, especially steroids. In fact do a search on each medicine. I was unable to walk for about 6 weeks and the pain was horrid, so I understand some pain meds. Get more testing done, you might have something else going on like I do. I have polymyalga which is a lot like fibromyalga, please excuse my spelling. Try some supplements and homeopathic treatments. Most of all see a specialist or a natural doctor.

Good luck, hope you feel better soon.

In my experience, naproxen is useless, colchicine is useless, sprays are useless.

Steroid injections worked well for me and allupurinol is effective at the correct dose but it may take some months to build up to the right dose.

Attacks usually last a couple weeks but I have had them lasting 3 months.

Avoid high purine foods including carbonated drinks and caffeine. Check inter web for the trigger foods.

Hi Neil, I feel your pain and know exactly how you feel. The pain was unbearable! I am 58 yrs. old and I had my first and only attack so far back in July of this year. I was down for 4 months. I had to get around in a wheel chair because to stand or walk was almost impossible. My doctor told me that my high blood pressure medication, Hydrochlorothiazide is what cause the attack. It was hard for me to believe that since I had been on that medication for years. 

I now take Enalapril daily for my pressure. I also was put on steroids for two weeks. My doctor wanted me to go back on steroids but I refused. Now I take allopurinol 300 m.g. daily sometimes it irritates my stomach but then I skip a day and I make sure I eat first before I take it.  I also had to follow a strict diet, for instance, I stopped eating red meat( 2 yrs. prior to my attack) beans, shrimp, lobster, shell fish, and some vegetables like spinach and beer.  Basically, you have to try eating what works for you until you get the uric acid in your system under control or lowered.

Ask your doctor to draw your blood and test your uric acid to see where your levels are and then go from there with your diet. I feel sorry for anyone who suffers with gout. Neil, I hope things work out for you and I hope you feel better real soon!

 

Can anyone help please my gout has been treated now  after almost 11 weeks but had in my ankle which has left very still and still painfull when I bend, has anyone else had in there ankle and if so how long the stiffness lasted my doctor has now given me codine for the pain aswell as naproxen, I also would like to know if any one has claimed Dla or pip  thanks again 

I was diagnosed with gout 5 yrs ago.i t started with one very swollen left foot.lasted days went back & forward to the dr's for days,to cut a long story short,I ended up in hospital,at this stage,I didn't know that it was gout,neither did any of the doctors,had 3 MRI scans & they thought it was a deep rooted bone infection,then it travelled to my right foot,ankle,knee,hip,shoulder,elbow,wrist,fingers,& into my neck,I couldn't move,I had to be hoisted in & out of bed,I am on.900 allopurinol a day,6 sulfazine  a day,colchine for flare ups,,the strongest pain killers that u can take,in total,I take 45 tablets a day,for other things too.what I have is called systemic gout.its a horrible thing to have,so I feel very sorry for you,but I do understand,x