Re: Gout! Again....
Originally Posted by
carol
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Tony has suffered from gout over the years. It's totally disfigured his poor feet & now it's hard for him to find shoes that fit.
He still has it but not so often. The drug that helps him is Colchicine. He doesn't take it all the time - just when he feels an attack coming on. A really severe attack will get better in 2 -3 days with this drug. Milder attacks get better overnight.
He was offered Allopurinol but didn't want to take anything on a daily basis.
If you haven't been offered Colchicine you could request it.
Thanks Carol, last year about this time was the first time that I had had a Gout attack this painful. I realise now that in the past I have had mild attacks and didn't associate it with Gout (I know what it feels like now..
)
My doctor (Doctor Roberts incidentally, there's a Beatles song in there somewhere..
) prescribed me with Colchicine and I only took about three before it subsided, so I know how good they are...
After it had settled down she prescribed me with Allopurinol and I've been taking it all year but it doesn't seem to have done me any good, so I might take a leaf out of Tony's book and kick it into the long grass, because I don't like taking medication at the best of times.
Like a fool...
I threw the unused Colchicine tablets away...Thinking that I wouldn't need them anymore, but I shan't make that mistake again.....