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  • in reply to: Allopurinol #21714
    Dennis
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    Subject: Allopurinol….. the rest of the story.

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    You all may recall that I was somewhat “skeeerd” about beginning the Allopurinol. I had decided to wait until all signs of my 3-4 wek gout-bout were gone.

    In the meantime, my doctor told me not to take the the Allo and instead he wanted me to start taking what turned out to be, Colchicine. OK – fine. He told me that it was now available as a generic, knowing my $$$ situation. It turned out that even the Generic was $174 for 30 pills. No way Doc! Can’t do it.

    Anyway, and this is for all who are reading this, he suggested that I contact Canada Drugs – so I did. They offer the Colchicine for $79 for (90) pills! (you do the math). So, I am going to sign up. Perhaps I am the only one who didn’t know about this – maybe not. If you call them, please mention my name (Dennis Roucek) and I will get some kind of referral credit, which will help me out too.

    One other thing. On June 1st my Uric Acid tested out at 6.6 mg. On june 12th, I retested at 5.0 mg. This was after basically two-weeks of slamming water and taking ground Flax Seed. Things are looking up, but I still have residual pain in my thumb joints. I am still going to begin taking the Colchicine and then transition to the Allo to start knocking down the crytals that exist (your thoughts Keith?).

    I hope this information helps someone else and any feedback would be more than welcome – thank you!

    Dennis

    [Received at GoutPal?s Gout Helpdesk Sun, 21 Jun at 10:37 PM]

    in reply to: Allopurinol #21713
    Dennis
    Participant

    Subject: Generic Drug Update

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    Hello Keith,

    In my earlier post, I referenced a generic drug that would determine if my attacks were really Gout, or Pseudo-gout. Here is the correct name of the drug I was supposed to get, but couldn’t due to $$$. It’s called Colchine.

    Don’t know if this is short for something else or not, but that’s what the doctor wrote down for me.

    Thank you,

    Dennis

    [Received at GoutPal’s Gout Helpdesk Thu, 18 Jun at 2:29 PM]

    in reply to: Allopurinol #21712
    Dennis
    Participant

    Subject: Well wishes….

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    It is nice to know so many folks can relate to the gout battle I am fighting. Although I am (almost) over my recent 4-week gout-bout, there is still some residual pain in my tumb joints and big toes. Therefore, I am holding off on beginning the Allopurinal at 100 mg until I can spend some “normal” time again painfree.

    My doctor told me my Uric Acid at 6.6 was not too high and suggested that I may have “Pseudo-gout”? or Rumatoid Arthritis. A follow-up test for the Arthritis was normal, so he gave me a prescription for Cochin? Not the correct name, but it was a drug that was generic – then not generic – and now generic again. It cost $174 (generic) for 30 day supply. Too rich for my blood, so I had to pass. It was supposed to determine if I have gout or pseuto-gout.

    The Allopurinol I can handle at $10 for 90 day supply, so I will begin that as stated, shortly. Any thoughts on this shared information?

    Thank you!

    [Posted via GoutPal?s Gout Helpdesk]

    in reply to: Allopurinol #21711
    Dennis
    Participant

    Subject: Doctor says…….

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    I just had my Uric Acid checked and it is at 6.6 mg/dl. Also just barely getting over a gout attack. Is this a good time to begin taking Allopurinol? Doctor says do it and that it should not cause another attack.

    Any recommendations from the group?

    Thank you!

    [Posted via GoutPal’s Gout Helpdesk]

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