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   Can painkillers help gout?

   • Gout is a type of arthritis that causes sudden, severe joint pain. Painkillers can help the pain and healthier lifestyle choices can prevent future attacks. The main symptoms of gout are: hot, swollen, red skin over the affected joint – redness may be harder to see on black or brown skin.

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   Can gout be treated with febuxostat or allopurinol?

   • People without a major cardiovascular disease can be offered either allopurinol or febuxostat as first line treatment. Gout is a painful and debilitating condition with long term complications, including joint damage and renal stones.

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   What is first-line gout treatment?

   • First-line gout treatment focuses on reducing pain and inflammation. Ideally, treatment should begin within 24 hours of the start of the gout attack. Treatment is stopped once the attack is over, and symptoms have gone away. It includes the following: Anti-inflammatories.

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   Should I take uric acid lowering medicine if I have a gout attack?

   • It's important to take uric acid-lowering medicine regularly, even when you no longer have symptoms. If you’re having a gout attack, there are things you can do to relieve the pain: Gout is caused by having too much uric acid in your blood. This can lead to crystals forming around your joints, which causes pain. It sometimes runs in families.

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   How is gout treated?

   • If this test cannot be done or the diagnosis is still unclear, then a scan will be arranged. Attacks of gout are usually treated with a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory (NSAID), like ibuprofen. If the pain and swelling does not improve you may be given steroids as tablets or an injection. Gout can come back every few months or it may be years.

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   Do you need a prescription for gout?

   • Most people will need a prescription dose of an anti-inflammatory drug, corticosteroid pills (such as prednisone), or the drug colchicine (Mitigare, Colcrys). The drug colchicine can suppress inflammation in certain conditions, including gout. It is not a pain reliever. A corticosteroid can also be injected into your joint to help control pain.

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   Gout is a type of arthritis that causes sudden, severe joint pain. Painkillers can help the pain and healthier lifestyle choices can prevent future attacks. Check if it's gout. The main symptoms of gout are: sudden severe pain in a joint – usually your big toe, but it can be in other joints in your feet, ankles, hands, wrists, elbows or knees

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   2 days ago · Gout is a common and often painful form of arthritis that affects millions worldwide, particularly impacting middle-aged and older adults. Characterised by sudden, intense joint pain, swelling, and redness, gout is caused by the build-up of uric acid in the body, which forms crystals in the joints. These flare-ups can be incredibly disruptive ...

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   • Treating Gout Symptoms
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   • Preventing Gout Attacks

   Gout flare-ups are painful events that can last anywhere from several days to a week or longer. For sudden episodes of gout symptoms, the American College of Rheumatology (ACR) guidelinesrecommend remedies that have been shown to help reduce inflammation caused by uric acid crystals. First-line gout treatment focuses on reducing pain and inflammati...

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   The ACR guidelinesrecommend treating gout with uric acid-lowering medications for people who have tophi (nodules that form from a mass of uric acid crystals at joints or in soft tissues), radiographic evidence (X-ray or other imaging) of damage due to gout, kidney stones (people with gout have an increased risk of kidney stones as uric acid crystal...

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   Gout flare-ups can last anywhere from several days to a week or longer. While self-careoften soothes symptoms, you should see your doctor to confirm a diagnosis and discuss how to prevent future attacks. The following may help prevent gout attacks: 1. Decrease alcohol, especially beer 2. Lose weight 3. Exercise daily 4. Limit your intake of red mea...

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   Aug 30, 2022 · How to manage gout flares and the treatment options available. That gout is a lifelong condition that benefits from long term urate lowering therapy (ULT) to eliminate urate crystals and prevent flares, shrink tophi, and prevent long term joint damage

6. www.nhs.uk › medicines › allopurinolAllopurinol: a medicine to treat gout - NHS

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   Allopurinol Zyloric, Uricto. Find out how allopurinol treats gout and how to take it. About allopurinol. Who can and cannot take it. How and when to take it. Side effects. Pregnancy, breastfeeding and fertility. Taking allopurinol with other medicines and herbal supplements. Common questions.

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   Nov 17, 2022 · Gout is a syndrome characterised by: hyperuricaemia and deposition of urate crystals causing attacks of acute inflammatory arthritis; tophi around the joints and possible joint destruction; renal glomerular, tubular, and interstitial disease; and uric acid urolithiasis.

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   Jul 18, 2018 · Allopurinal is the first line option. Shared decision making about ULT should include consideration of harms, benefits, and limitations of ULT, along with patient preferences, comorbidities, and concomitant drug treatments.