Lowering Uric Acid
Lowering uric acid is useless.
"Has GoutPal gone mad?" I hear you ask.
"Why is he always telling us that uric acid management is much more important than gout pain management?"
OK, I have not gone mad. First, let me remind you why managing uric acid levels is much more important than managing gout pain, then I will explain why I say "lowering uric acid is useless."
Gout Pain And Tooth Decay
There is no link between gout and tooth decay, but regular readers will recognize my oft-vaunted (overused?) analogy.
When you visit a dentist to treat toothache, you expect an examination for decay, treatment of that decay, and pain relief to help you endure the treatment and associated soreness and gum inflammation.
Treatment for gout, ignoring complications such as allergies, and other health conditions, should be just as simple. Take allopurinol (or some other uric acid lowering therapy) and support this with pain relief, such as colchicine, until the allopurinol has removed the excess uric acid...