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well thank you to everyone who has replied with their thoughts.

Things take a big change for me yesterday. My kidney Dr. reversed everything my rheumatoid  dr did. He immediately put me back on Uloric. He said that in just one week of being off Uloric my uric acid had gone from 6.1 to 9.8 (and that is while on a renal diet) He said any risk that Uloric may cause is outweighed by the risk of uric acid on the kidneys.

I am now down to 39 percent kidney function. Sadly I may have to go with new gout attacks to get back to 6 but worth it.

I guess I will never know if the Uloric caused the kidney problems or it was just a coincidence.

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Well I called the Dr and asked about starting alloP now while the UA levels are low and he said…NO.

What a drag, now I have to sit and watch my levels go up. I cannot take anything if I get an attack because of the kidney problems. And once he sees that maybe the Uloric is not the reason for my kidney problems I will have to go through the detox of dropping my levels and getting attacks again. Bad day!

I have seen this Dr. ten years. he is the best hands down in my community. I am headed for a world of pain. Gout attacks with no form of medical relief.

What next…

[2nd2none]

Great idea guys of switching to alloP now. Since my UA number is nice and low. Dr should of thought of that. Going to fax him now.

Thanks

[2nd2none]

Thank you so much guys!

Sure enough my Dr took me off Uloric. I am sad as it really did it's job uric wise but like you guys said the risk is high on the kidneys.

There may be no connection at all BUT it must be ruled out. I think the flood of trash suddenly going into my kidneys may have messed me up.

However now I have nothing, and the acid is sure to rise badly. I cannot take Colchicine anymore do to kidney risk and no NSAID. I pray for no attack because to go cold turkey may be worse then death. lol

I am on 5mg pred. It was 10 but my blood pressure was an issue.

I wish you all well and pain free. thanks again

[2nd2none]

Ten or so years back the gout was a once or twice a year thing. So when I tried Allo. perhaps I did not give it may all. What it did everytime was cause a bad gout attack then I had to stop and try again. The Uloric you can keep taking during the attacks. That makes it a lot easier to manage.

I am so drug phobic that it is so not like me to take a drug freash on the market. But uloric does what it does so great. Just not sure if it is causing the kidney problem. I know if I stop the UA will fly right up again and it is all for nothing.

thanks for the replies

[2nd2none]

too long ago to remember..but the Uloric is 40mg

[2nd2none]

Hi thanks for the reply. No it's not Rhabdomyolysis. I wish all my Doctors would work together to connect the dots, oh well one day at a time.

Oh I did try allopurinol many times, just did not work. Uloric is amazing just wish there were more studies for kidney effects (if any)

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