FEBUXOSTAT

I thought I'd share my experience with Uloric here to my fellow gout sufferers. I love wine and craft beer and when I got diagnosed with Gout last year I couldn't believe it. I was 32 years old and I'm a healthy, fit guy. I tried all the tricks in the books like Cherry extract and nothing worked, ke

Just to add some context: I had my first attack about 8 years ago, have read lot of articles about gout, i had only gone 2 times to see a doctor, both times they told me the same thing, change your diet, exercise, and take colchicine and a NSAID like ibuprofen and you will be fine, and i was, so wha

I read some interesting information in a [research paper I posted here about a month ago](https://www.reddit.com/r/gout/comments/ho4wzu/research_on_commerciallyavailable_probiotics_and/), regarding some very successful results in treating hyperuricemia (high uric acid) in rats with a pre/probiotic m

So for the record, I'm 18, had left knee pain for 2 years but ignored it for an year altogether. Got it checked last year, turned out I had high uric acid levels in my blood. The ortho put me on a Febuxostat 80mg medication. After a bit of looking up online I asked him later if it's Gout. He says it

Those who managed to dissolve your tophi, how would you describe the whole process? How long did it take? Have you been on Allopurinol or Febuxostat? What level of uric acid have you maintained the whole time? Did it change its state from "firm" to "squishy" and then gradually disappeared? Any kind

Are there people here that suffer from gout and cannot take Allo and hence take an alternative like Uloric (febuxostat) I see in 2019 FDA needed the box to indicate increased risk of death. This has got me worried...