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Please help me!. I have taken Allopurinol 300mg for two years without any gout attacks. I stopped the drug last Sunday and will see my doctor on Thursday. I have too many symptoms that are destroying the quality of my life and I am afraid of developing the Stevens-Johnson syndrome. I am suffering from insomnia, skin tone changes (darker and lighter spots, alopecia, skin rashes, liver spots, dizziness, short memory reduction, fatigue, and high blood pressure. The drug for HBP interacts with Allopurinol. Has someone changed their UA levels through diet, exercising and drinking cherry juice? Does Iloric produce similar side effects?
Argelia said:
Please help me!. I have taken Allopurinol 300mg for two years without any gout attacks.
Never mind the gout attacks – what about the uric acid levels?
I stopped the drug last Sunday and will see my doctor on Thursday. I have too many symptoms that are destroying the quality of my life and I am afraid of developing the Stevens-Johnson syndrome.
Why, after 2 years, do you attribute your symptoms to allopurinol, and why on earth would this develop into SJS?
I am suffering from insomnia, skin tone changes (darker and lighter spots, alopecia, skin rashes, liver spots, dizziness, short memory reduction, fatigue, and high blood pressure.
Similar symptoms are caused by too much Internet surfing
The drug for HBP interacts with Allopurinol.
HPB? High blood pressure? Which drug – there are many. Have you just changed to a new drug?
Has someone changed their UA levels through diet, exercising and drinking cherry juice?
Diet and exercise can certainly affect uric acid levels – both up and down. A reduction in uric acid through a properly managed diet and exercise program is certainly achievable – but it is only meaningful if the gout is caused by bad diet and poor exercise. For hereditary causes, drug interaction causes etc, it has limited benefit.
Does Iloric produce similar side effects?
Uloric (febuxostat) has it's own set of side-effects (I'll report these in a few minutes).
Allopurinol has a proven safety record, and febuxostat (marketed as Adenuric or Uloric) appears well tolerated in trials. Both will definitely lower uric acid, which can produce it's own short term problems, though none anywhere near as serious as the problems caused by excess uric acid. Both drugs also have interactions with other drugs. All drugs have interactions with food that affects the liver – especially fruits like grapefruit and pomegranate.
GoutPal said:
Uloric (febuxostat) has it's own set of side-effects (I'll report these in a few minutes).
And slightly more than a few minutes later we have febuxostat side effects. These are from Adenuric authorization trials, but both Adenuric and Uloric are the same thing – febuxostat sold under different brands.
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