Treatment of Gout:
Treatment of gout involves medications and lifestyle modifications. Medications include:
NSAIDs (nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs) - used to decrease pain and inflammation
Corticosteroids - for people who cannot take NSAIDs
Probenecid and sulfinpyrazone - help kidneys eliminate uric acid (sulfinpyrazone is not currently available in the U.S.)
Allopurinol - blocks production of uric acid
Colchicine - for acute gout attacks or as a prophylactic
Lifestyle modifications are important; they include weight management, abstaining from alcohol, and avoiding meats, seafood and other foods high in purines.
About Me
- Anne
- I was born in Tulsa, 1956, back then the world was a much bigger place, now I live with a cat named mr.Shark, My eldest son got me this computer and showed me how to write online so that anybody anywhere could read what I write. I tell ya, If I would have had this computer back in 76 everything would have been different.
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