· To help prevent future attacks, take the gout medications that your doctor prescribes. Carefully follow instructions about how much medicine to take and when to take it. Acute gout is best treated when symptoms first occur.
· Tell your doctor about all the medicines, dietary supplements, and vitamins you take. He or she can tell you if any of them increase your risk of hyperuricemia.
· Plan followup visits with your doctor to evaluate your progress.
· Exercise regularly and maintain a healthy body weight. Lose weight if you are overweight, but do not go on diets designed for quick or extreme loss of weight because they increase uric acid levels in the blood.
· Tell your doctor about all the medicines, dietary supplements, and vitamins you take. He or she can tell you if any of them increase your risk of hyperuricemia.
· Plan followup visits with your doctor to evaluate your progress.
· Exercise regularly and maintain a healthy body weight. Lose weight if you are overweight, but do not go on diets designed for quick or extreme loss of weight because they increase uric acid levels in the blood.
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