Well I see I last posted on this topic April 4. On April 9 I got an attack in my left wrist/hand then elbow. I still have it in my elbow--have the grip strength of about a 12 year old girl. My own fault though-ran out of meds in April and just thought I'd tough it out with ibuprofen until it naturally went away. Time to re-think that.
DO NOT TAKE allopruinol while you're having a gout attack--as you noted, it will make it worse. My doctors have always told m to wait until it's cleared up through the regular meds--indomethacin/colchecine or prednizone if severe--then take it.
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Won't you sign up your name? We'd like to feel you're acceptable, respectable, presentable, a vegetable
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