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Article: Oldie but goodie still does the trick for gout.(Health Fitness)
- Article from:
- Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL)
- Article date:
- July 13, 2009
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Q. I am a 72-year-old male who suffered from gout for years, and I mean suffered. My big toe would swell up to twice the normal size. My doctor prescribed colchicine with directions to take one every four hours until I got diarrhea. Then I was to discontinue the medicine until the diarrhea stopped. Once it did, IAEd begin the regimen all over again. I tried the cherry cure, stayed off beer and booze for a while, tried other remedies and still got gout.
One day, a young female intern suggested I ask my doctor to give me a prescription for allopurinol, 100 milligrams. Well, I did, and I havenAEt had an attack since. That was almost three years ago. Is allopurinol a ...
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