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Thanks to everyone for the replies. I appreciate even the different viewpoints on treatment. One of the nice things about this site is the wealth of information that every person has that I can then take and sort through and figure out what might work best for me.

Just as an update, I am still in rough shape. I managed to get an appointment with my GP this morning. My SO drove me there and wheeled me in in a wheel chair b/c its in both my feet and one knee, which has made walking next to impossible. I've also developed bad back pain, probably as a result of the way i've been trying to get around, but could be gout there too.

Anyway, my GP was really good about the whole issue. He gave me an intramuscular prednisone shot, and then a 12 day slowly tapering course of oral prednisone. I've never dealt with prednisone before and worry a bit about the side effects, but we will see. He also gave me a round of percoset to deal with immediate pain. He said that because I'm so far into my attack, colchicine would probably not be cost effective, which I agree with.

He also gave me an order for blood work to check my UA levels, told me to come in 2 weeks after my attack subsided. He said once we had that back we would start allopurinol. I insisted on a higher dose and he was agreeable with it as long as i did a short trial run of low dose to rule out ay allergic reactions.

Thanks again for the info and I'll be sure to post my progress once I get started on the Allo.

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