prednisone and gout

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

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. HOWEVER Gout attacks have continued almost every 4-weeks for 4 months and I now have another attack in my right tow and 30-mg of prediizone isn't solving the issue. I haven't tried colchecine. What do you think of my situation.

Treatment of acute gout includes NSAIDs, colchicine, and/or corticosteroids. The choice of therapy for a gout flare depends upon multiple factors, including patient age, comorbidities, and associated medical therapies; flare characteristics and past responses to therapy; the number of affected joints; and patient and clinician preferences. If you are not experiencing relief from your symptoms, you should inform your doctor so that he/she can modify your regimen accordingly.

There are articles which link uric acid levels (high uric acid is associated with Gout) with HCV and interferon but I don't think that gout is a side effect of HCV or treatment. If that were the case I think I would have seen a lot more posts on the subject - I can't remember one). I treated 3 times and my last ended in June 2004. I never had gout until May 2009. Too often we attribute every malady we have to HCV or treatment but it's more often that not wrong.

Has travelled to leg and knee once as well. Sometimes appears in fingers and wrist too. It was only diagnosed in 2014 and tried to avoid Alopurinol but this last attack I decided to take so went to dr. He also gave colchecine (since endomethacine did not work at all when taken 2 years back). This worked exactly opposite. Made the pain 10 times worse. Had two kidney stone episodes and the pain was comparable to those. Took 2 tablets of colchecine and it was so worse after 15-20 min.

I'm sorry you are having so much pain. I have had gout a couple of times and took allopurinol. I remember my doctor telling me that allopurinol would not help an acute attack - that it is more of a "preventative". I've never heard that you "shouldn't" take it during an acute attack, though. Maybe someone who's had more experience can talk to that issue. I hope you find relief.

I have since stopped taking Prednisone, and have a new Gout doctor.

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?

I am 27 years old and recently had an ablation for SVT, AVNRT, and VT. It, as a whole, appears to be successful in that the arrythmias appear to be gone, but I have ended up with persistent pericarditis. This had greatly impacted my life in that I am in a great deal of discomfort. I am on colchicine 0.6 BID and indocin 25 mg TID. This has at least taken the edge off the pain but it is still not at a satisfactory level for me. Any suggestions on where to go from here or what else I could try??

Last Sunday, I started feeling experiencing moderate aching in my neck, shoulders, back, hips, and knees, along with fatigue and mild headache, and thought I might be coming down with a flu. By Monday night, all the joint pain had moved down into my feet and ankles. By Tuesday night I could barely walk, the pain was so severe I could barely walk, when I went to bed, I started shaking with chills (although my temperature was normal, according to my thermometer).

He went to his doctor and was diagnosed with gout. Since then, he only had one gout-like attack (not painful at all) on the toe next to his big one, and only lasted a couple of hours. He isn't complaining about pain or anything, thankfully.. but I am still worried about gout in general.

t have gout, and for those who do, maybe this would be a great advancement, but it sounds kind of scary. Do we know if this drug, or a similar one, are approved/used in other countries, where maybe there have been larger studies done? Or if it interacts with other drugs?

Find a doc you trust to systematically figure it out. Hopefully, too, you tapered off the Prednisone....and Prednisone can cause weight gain....not tapering off steroids can cause many of your symptoms....just some thoughts for you....

True Gout affects the joints of our body and occurs when uric acid crystals are deposited in and around the joints. It's like throwing sand and tiny bits of gravel in a clean and well lubricated joint. This causes pain, inflammation, often redness and always swelling in specific joints. It more commonly effects the lower joints of our body especially the big toe. But the ankle, knee or other joints can be effected.

Greetings from the arthritis forum! We would be glad to give you full details about Gout! Gout is a disease hallmarked by elevated levels of uric acid in your blood. In this condition, crystals of monosodium urate (MSU) or uric acid are deposited on the articular cartilage of joints, tendons, and surrounding tissues. Gout is characterized by excruciating, sudden, unexpected, burning pain, as well as swelling, redness, warmth, and stiffness in the affected joint.

What is the connection between gout and incevik? Is there a dangerous side effect. My husband just started incevik but has a history of gout for which he takes daily allopurinol.

Your symptoms can be from many things...Have you been placed on prednisone? Have your kidney functions checked (looking for gout); Look to see what your white blood count is -particulary the neutrophils...(looking for autoimmune, leukemia, other infection...) Get checked for tuberculosis, hypercalcemia, and hyper/hyponatremia (too much or too little sodium)...I'll chew on this some more and get back to you...

The Dr immediately concluded that it was a Gout episode and ordered blood tests and an x-ray to make sure no bones were broken or fractured. The blood tests came back with a uric acid level of 7.5; normal readngs for Kaiser are 4.0 to 7.0; I don't remember what the unit of measure these readings refer to though. The other blood results were all normal as was the x-ray. So I was given Colchicine for the next attack along with Prednisone (sp?

Cherries contain the thing that is made and put in gout meds, and can help alleviate the pain and inflamation. You might ask your Dr first to make sure that cherries are not contraindicated - that it is just the meds which would interfere with the Harvoni, but I believe there has not been anything about not eating cherries on any of the hepc meds, that I have seen or heard anyone mention. Good luck. I know how painful gout can be!

Went to the doc today due to swelling/puffiness in my fingers, palms, feet and soles of feet.There are also mild (not severe) aches of the hands, knuckles, feet. The knuckles are red and the soles/palms.There is swelling in my undereyes, but that may just be due to sinus congestion from getting over a cold recently. I also have what the doc says might be cysts on the knuckles.

t have any blood work that would indicate anything other than tendonitis and inflammation all over. I think that if I had gout that one of my 3 rheumatologists over the past 7 years would have diagnosed that. At least I think they would have. Oh well.

I recently finished 12 weeks of Sovaldi and Olysio where I cleared and relapsed after I finished.I take allopurinol every day for my gout and did so during treatment.It has no negative effect on you during treatment.Gout can lead to serious problems if not treated.You really should get some blood work to see your uric acid levels.A rheumatologist is the one who treats people for gout but Im sure your GP or hepatologist will write up the bloodwork for you.

Went to GP and he prescribed prednisone and a nsaids pain was better while taking meds but came back immediately , Went to a ortho he drew fluid and gave me a shot of cortisone then a week later pain came back, at first swelling and red, with heat ,but now no swelling or redness,, the tests on the fluid showed gout . I have had x rays shows minor wear on knee . I have took the nsaids on and off to tolerate the pain . But its still here ..

They itch and are bright red. The only thing that seems to help is a steroid shot and prednisone pack. My face and ears will peel almost like a sunburn. Does this happen to anyone out there? If I sweat during the night I will get itchy. Gold Bond medicated powder helps tremendously. Put it on before you go to bed in areas that you sweat. Neck, chest and even on the insides of your elbows. It does help!

s easy to rule this in or out based on Uric Acid levels in your blood. I assume your PCP has done this and that is his rationale behind dismissing Gout. What I do think is that you need to find out the reason your foot is swelling. The swelling alone can damage tissues and structures if left untreated...which you certainly don't want to do, especially at 25. Dark urine could be from nothing more then not drinking enough fluids.

After my 5 days of IVIG I had 2 weeks of 50 mg of Prednisone for my hearing lost and it seemed to reverse my CIDP and hearing lost to before my Tendinitis symptoms. Right now I am also experiencing hearing lost in both ears. There has been a change in my hearing in a space of 4 months at the same time I started having CIDP symptoms.

I've been having a weird thing happening lately. I'm a 29 year old male, rode my reclining bike a LOT, like an hour every night. Well, the top of my knees (the patella) started getting red and hot. No pain. I first noticed this after playing basketball. My face was hot and red and so were my knees. So I went to the doctor, they did an X-Ray, saw a lot of cartilage, tested for RA factor and other autoimmune diseases, and they came back negative.

I am suffering from acute gout right now and have found many connections with hypothyroid and gout and a fair amount on its (hypo) connection to tooth decay and gum disease! Does anybody have any knowledge of these relationships? How about the tale of Lugol's Iodine on the bottom of your feet at night? Do you have to be on meds to manage hypothyroid or is iodine replacement enough?

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