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Hey Keith
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thank you very much for your reply to my blood results, I have had a quick chat with the my GP and she is happy to put me on 300mg but is advising me to think about it and let it settle, I work in the NHS and have had about 3 opinions so far, 2 gps saying allupurinol 300mgs right now, and one in Camden saying wait and see, I have spoken to my boss, who understands the settling period of starting allupurinol and im lucky enough to be able to get blood tests when I want.?
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I am going to give it a few weeks and then make a decission, however, I think ill be moving to allupurinol as right now im 34 and dealing with this, I dont want to have to deal with it when im 60 and in a weaker state with a weaker system that wont tolerate medication, also let me know do you take donations to your site ? I think your site is amazing and the support is a god send, if there is a way to help you with the site, pay towards your hosting or something let me know if there is a donations link.?
also, got my bloods back today, had a whole lot of work done, everything is within range, however the urate is 0.4mmol/L which is equal to 6.7 on the american chat I think.? So very much borderline, definitely need to get back to the GP and take on allupurinol.
Hey Zip,?
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I have actually tried 100mg 8 years ago and it was fine for me, no reactions or rashes or anything, so I will just insist on 300mg, Im sure she will agree, she was asking me what medication I think I should be taking, I work in the Medical Industry in the UK so have alot of contact with Nurses and Doctors.?
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forgot how much I HATE blood tests till today, foot is being weird tonight, just scaring me with a tingly feeling, not swollen but feels like it really wants to swell up, have popped another Colchcine about 5 mins ago, bringing the daily total to 1mg, will see if that holds up, if not will be popping more tonight.?
Hey Zip
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thank you for your reply, attack seems to have gone for now, I did a day of 3×0.5 colchicine and then dropped it to 2 a day for the rest of the week, this is week 3 and ive so far had none, will pop one at lunch time and then not touch it unless needed later.? I had a blood test this morning for urate/lipids/glucose so will get those results on Friday.
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My GP so far hasnt given me a script for allupurinol though I suspect if I push she will, ill see what the results say of the blood test, if im close to the edge I think there is no question I should go for it.? Not sure what sparked this 2 week episode but I dont drink beer so probably not that, however, my diet was previously rich with white meat, coffee, and sweetner…. so perhaps my changing that is helping.
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thanks for your advice, I dont think its chronic gout as perhaps as you said the NSAIDs just did a good job hiding the attack, previously my attacks did tend to last around the 3 week mark before settling.
