dose of prednisone for gout

I've had GOUT for 7 yrs with attacks every 6 months until last year. Started with 100mg allopurnol last summer. All was quite. Dec had a serious attack and after 1-month of trying Indomethecine then Prednisone I received a cortozone shot and allopurnol was increased to 400mg. Uric acid is now down to 4.6 from a high of 6.9 in Dec.

How long after I start taking prednisone for a gout attack should i feel marked relief in pain?

I have had episodes of gout for more than 10 years now. It wasn't too bad up until about three years ago when I started chemotherapy for cancer. I also have Crohn's disease, and believe it and the gout mean I definitely have issues with auto-immune disorders. In the past 6 months, my Allopurinol has been upped to 300 mg, then to 450 mg per day. I also follow a low purine diet most of the time, but I admit, sometimes I gotta have a steak!

Is it possible to have Gout without the redness and swelling? I have sudden onset of Toe pains. Mostly beginning at night. I have a burning/throbbing pain and also skin sensitivity around the area. I can be painful to have a sock or bed sheets touching my foot. I've had this occur in both feet and it has attacked different toes. It doesn't really feel like a joint pain so I'm just confused about what is going on. It's very painful but I don't see any visual changes.

Sorry that you were complicated by this Pericarditis. I know that colchicine (typically used for gout treatment) does show to be successful with Pericarditis. I know that Prednisone has equal results at reducing inflammation surrounding the pericardium.

Hello I am in the middle of an acute gout attack for the last 36 hours. I have taken 3 500microgram Colchicine tablets 14 hours ago (2 to start then 1 an hour later) but have not seen any relief at all yet, in fact it feels worse. Should I take more colchicine or ibuprofen? I'm not taking any other medication or supplements but have had some apple cider vinegar drinks to see if it would help.

Many healthy people without gout have high uric acid levels in their blood, while others who experience an attack of gout have a normal level. Other differentials for monoarticular arthritis are pseudogout, bursitis, septic arthritis, rheumatoid arthritis etc.Consult your doctor and discuss above possibilities. Hope it helps. Take care and regards!

3rd day, my doctor prescribed me Prednisone, 4pills for 2 d; 3 pills, etc. BTW, I was diagnosed with gouty arthritis when I was 35 yrs. old. This is the first time that this happened, red, swollen feet on both feet? I thought gouty flare ups attack one joint at a time? How come this one? When blood work, x rays, etc. comes back high uric acid is high. My doctor says that I have severe got arthritis and very minimal osteoarthritis.

Allopurinol can take 2 weeks or longer to start to work so if you just started, give it some time. It is used to treat to Gout and for people that produce high levels of uric acid. You seem to have bilateral knee issues going on now. Since I don't know anything about you, age, activity level etc it is difficult to get a true understanding of why this is happening to you.

The doctor I currently have said it started from when I was Taking Prednisone for my Gout. I have since stopped taking Prednisone, and have a new Gout doctor.

Does 8mg of prednisone for 6 days affect HIV test result by suppressing immune system?

Its that simple. 10.1 is high. My gout started flairing again at 7.2. I had to go on a low dose of allopurinal 100 mg to get mine to 5.2. Allopurinal will dissolve the crystals over many months but will cause flairs while doing so. When your level is below 6.0 tophi cannot form. So see your doctor. The sooner you get on it the least damage it will do.

While visiting my regular doctor for my thyroid I asked him if my gout could have been caused by my hep c.He said theres a good chance it did and that he would like to try to ween me off the allopurinol that I have to take everyday now that I am negative.That is scary for me because a gout attack is so bad I just want to hack my big toe off with an axe.Does anybody on here have gout and do you know if hep c can cause it?

re allergic to you might be able to either eliminate that or learn to tolerate it. For example, one of the most common causes of this sort of thing is eating wheat or using dairy products, so often if you see someone who know anything at all about nutrition they will tell you to stop using those foods and see if the problem goes away.

Two weeks on Harvoni and have had a low grade fever for a week. i've also had a brutal case of gout in both feet for about the same time for which I cannot take pain medication. don't know if the gout is causing the fever or the tx. currently bedridden and cannot walk at all. kidney doc said I can't take anything for the gout or fever and I'm in pure misery. only sleep a couple of hours a night.

m not glad) and I thank you gus for the information. We must all detox the cure for HepC out of our systems. I believe that Gout is a side effect. Hang in there guys, study, research with love and let's keep each other informed.

Was treated with a single dose (60 mg) of prednisone, as well as a breathing treatment and ibuprofen. I recently had the flu, and I was nervous going to the hospital, I dont want a recurance of infection, or to pick up a new infection! My question is this: How much impat would that one dose have on my immune system, also I thought with steroids you allways had to taper down doses? Thank you so much for any answer!

Those who take prednisone regularly and long term are very likely to need tapering. However, if your doctor gives you a relatively low dose of pred for only 3 days and your attacks last as long as 24 days, then you are suffering way too long. Time to have a frank talk with your neuro. Is he or she an MS specialist? Doesn't sound like it. Severe pain should not be allowed to go on and on. And no, 60 mg/day for 3 days will *not* wipe out your immune system.

Recommendations to reduce the uric acid (cause of gout) that are not pharmaceutical include losing weight, no alcohol, decrease/elimination of high purine foods. You can google "high purine food" to get a list. There are also drugs that can be used to get the gout under control and that will allow the lifestyle changes listed above to have a maximum impact.

Last week my neuro put me on a 3 day dose of Prednisone to hopefully offset the flare I was in the middle of. He put me on 3 days of oral pred, quite a huge dose (25 pills per day, each being 50 mg). I took my three days worth of pills hoping I would see a difference, but have yet to feel any better. In fact I am worse and I am wondering if I should see a physician about my symtoms. Weight gain, no energy, facial swelling, horrible fog, painful skin on my neck and shoulders.

It is unusual for a person to be taking oral prednisone for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), especially in a dose as high as 20 mg daily. That dose puts you at risk for a lot of steroid side effects, such as muscle weakness, bone thinning, cataracts, fragile skin, hypertension etc. You should ask your doctor why you need 20 mg of prednisone. You may also want to consult with a lung specialist about this and other inhaled medicines available to people with COPD.

High levels of meat consumption and seafood can cause more flare-ups of gout. Foods such as beef, pork, lamb, sardines, bacon, liver, salmon, and turkey should be eaten in smaller quantities. (That;s why many have gout flares around Thanksgiving! Lots of turkey and ham!) People who have gout attacks should definitely avoid alcohol, especially beer. A recent study discussed the effects vitamin C may have on reducing gout attacks. Here's a little link: http://health.usnews.

t heard of an oral course of steroids for an exacerbation...only oral prednisone for a weaning dose to ease the symptoms of withdrawal from the IV form of steroid. Sorry no one got back to you but perhaps there is a reason for this such as the oral form not working fast enough to slow the exacerbation? Just a guess from me...hope things work out for you with the IV course though I know it is a pain to have to take 2-3 hours out of your day for it.

I needed the prednisone for poison sumac and called my doctor (she is my new PC) and she called in 7 20mg tablets to be taken 1 once a day for 7 days. Now I know by experience that they usually taper prednisone starting at the higher dose down to a lower dose and then stop. I have also had this in other circumstances other than poison Ivy. This disturbed me a bit that she did not do this or maybe did not know to do this.

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