Category: Gout Cures Forum

Lowering uric acid is useless. "Has GoutPal gone mad?" I hear you ask. "Why is he always telling us that uric acid management is much more important than gout pain management?" OK, I have not gone mad. First, let me remind you why managing uric acid levels is much more important than managing gout pain, then I will explain why I say "lowering uric acid is useless." Gout Pain And Tooth Decay There is no link between gout and tooth decay, but regular readers will recognize my oft-vaunted (overused?) analogy. When you visit a dentist to treat toothache, you expect an examination for decay, treatment of that decay, and pain relief to help you endure the treatment and associated soreness and gum inflammation. Treatment for gout, ignoring complications such as allergies, and other health conditions, should be just as simple. Take allopurinol (or some other uric acid lowering therapy) and support this with pain relief, such as colchicine, until the allopurinol has removed the excess uric acid...

Colgout is a brand of colchicine, commonly sold in Australia and New Zealand. Just like Colcrys in the United States, everything we discuss about colchicine also applies to Colgout. Colgout Overview There maybe minor differences in dosage between generic colchicine, Colgout, and other branded preparations. However, these are not significant, so the overall advice is: Preventative Colgout Colgout may be taken as a preventative during the early stabilization stages of uric acid lowering treatment (allopurinol, febuxostat etc) at the dose of one per day. As-Required Colgout When taken as required to combat a gout flare, one tablet to be taken as soon as possible, with a second tablet after one hour if needed. If gout pain continues after two Colgout, supplement with anti-inflammatories and other analgesics as advised by your doctor or pharmacist. There is no specific advice on Colgout, so for detailed information, please see the colchicine guidelines. Colgout Side Effects Colgout side effects are no different from colchicine side effects. For complete information, please see the colchicine side effects...