Many people who visit this site are probably hoping for assistance with relieving their gout. The pain your in probably means that you're looking for a quick fix. I'll begin with more help again from the National Institute of Arthritis Musculoskeletal Skin diseases website, then I will give you some of my own experiences.
This was okay at first, as the following year I still only had 3-4 attacks, the problem was that by 2013 I was having attacks every week or two. Walking on a gout attack is horrid and something I would only wish upon my worst enemy.
More recently I began taking colchicine for the pain. Colchicine works most of the time, but is in general poisonous to the human body. I will have a future blog about colchicine and will link it here. You really must be careful with it
Another medicine I have taken for gout is Arcoxia I found this medicine to be very helpful. The doctor who diagnosed me with gout gave me this medicine and really takes the gout away very quickly.
What medicines do you take to relieve gout? In my next post I will talk about preventative measures and how they changed my life.
**This website is for informative purposes and should not be substituted as advice of a medical professional. If you believe you have gout, I STRONGLY recommend scheduling an appointment with a medical professional and getting the problem checked out.
[Source: http://www.niams.nih.gov/Health_Info/Gout/gout_ff.asp]
If your experiencing a gout attack the way to treat it according the site is:
When I had my first experience with gout in China, the doctor didn't know what was wrong with me, but gave me sodium diclofenac, which did the job. I remember in my first attack it took 2 days for the pain to clear up. It was over the counter in China, and since I didn't know what my condition was for a long time, I would take this to clear up the pain when I would have a flare up. I don't recommend doing this because it didn't do anything to clear the condition, rather it slowed and cleared up the symptoms until the next attack.How Is Gout Treated?
Doctors use medicines to treat an acute attack of gout, including:Sometimes doctors prescribe NSAIDs or colchicine in small daily doses to prevent future attacks. There are also medicines that lower the level of uric acid in the blood. [1]
This was okay at first, as the following year I still only had 3-4 attacks, the problem was that by 2013 I was having attacks every week or two. Walking on a gout attack is horrid and something I would only wish upon my worst enemy.
More recently I began taking colchicine for the pain. Colchicine works most of the time, but is in general poisonous to the human body. I will have a future blog about colchicine and will link it here. You really must be careful with it
Another medicine I have taken for gout is Arcoxia I found this medicine to be very helpful. The doctor who diagnosed me with gout gave me this medicine and really takes the gout away very quickly.
What medicines do you take to relieve gout? In my next post I will talk about preventative measures and how they changed my life.
**This website is for informative purposes and should not be substituted as advice of a medical professional. If you believe you have gout, I STRONGLY recommend scheduling an appointment with a medical professional and getting the problem checked out.
[Source: http://www.niams.nih.gov/Health_Info/Gout/gout_ff.asp]
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