Category: Gout Remedies Forum For Gout Treatment

Hello my fellow Gout suffers! This is my first Gout forum sign up after having several attacks in the past years. I'm 25 years of age, and unfortunately I have Gout. I want to believe this all started after/during my very first job after graduating, which was a ride operator at Sea World San Diego, which required standing for HOURS. I would also like to add that, i was going out drinking at the clubs heavily, as most people my age do. I had a few attacks that never lasted as long as they do now. As more info about gout is being revealed i'm learning more and more about it. Today, i'm suffering from an attack and whould your opinion or advice if you guys don't mind; 2 months ago?( due to poor diet, in-denial, and?saying " ah..i'll work it off tomorrow " ) I developed an attack. I haven't had one in about 2 years, but i had it coming. After...

Vitamin C has been recognized as having uric acid lowering properties, and is being suggested more and more as a gout treatment. Though research has covered various aspects of vitamin C and gout, there are no clear guidelines as to how much is the best dose. Neither have there been any studies into long-term aspects of vitamin C as a gout treatment. Over the years, there have been a number of forum discussions about vitamin C, and I summarize those below. I am also including all the relevant research into vitamin C, uric acid, and gout into the Treatment Of Gout Research pages. The first of these is complete at Vitamin C & Uric Acid. Vitamin C and Gout Forum Summary The old forums included the following: Paids said: I've been taking approximately 10 grams of Vitamin C a day and drinking a lot of water. I have noticed a great improvement in range of motion of my knee. And, my joints don't...

I have started tidying the gout cures pages, and looked for updates on the resveratrol research. Unfortunately, though there are more studies showing that resveratrol can lower uric acid, the studies are still on animals. I was rather hoping that some human studies would be available by now. So far, I have found nothing. if you see anything, please let me know below. Along the way, I found an interesting list of foods containing resveratrol. Here is the list from "Concentrations of resveratrol and derivatives in foods and estimation of dietary intake in a Spanish population." See the list of resveratrol food sources...

In conjunction with my reorganization of my Allopurinol And Other Medicines pages, I have moved an old forum message here. Please join the discussion if you have any questions, opinions, or experiences of allopurinol with other medicines for high blood pressure. The earlier discussion started with sputnik from UK asking: After being diagnosed last year and having had three attacks of gout I bought a uric acid monitor and presented three months of tests to the Doctor today. (Average reading 8.9mg/dl). I said that I would like to be treated with medication that reduced the amount of uric acid rather than with anti inflammatories that I consider only mask the real problem. My father was not treated properly for years and now has kidney disease that prevents him taking allopurinol etc. The doc agreed to treat me but prescribed sulfinpyrazone rather than allopurinol as I am also taking 10mg Ramipril daily for high BP. Apparently there is a (low) risk of allopurinol...

Allopurinol is great for gout patients, but what if you have other diseases? Over the years, we have had several discussions about other diseases because many gout sufferers have other health problems. One significant is the use of allopurinol for kidney transplant patients. Azathioprine (commonly sold as Imuran, or Azasan) is commonly used to control rejection of transplanted organs. It has been said that allopurinol should be avoided for patients taking azathioprine, but there is no clear view. I have not researched this much, as it is very specialist, but perhaps gout patients who are affected by this may share experiences or have better information. Join the Allopurinol And Azathioprine Discussion...

I introduced the 2012 gout guidelines as a summary of the key points, with a promise to review the details. There have been various mentions of the new guidelines around the Internet. The best I've seen so far is an interview with one of the gout guidelines Task Force Panel, Dr Fitzgerald. The questions, and summary of the answers are: continue to read about the 2012 gout guidelines...