| Gout is a problem that in most of the cases occurs | | | | recommended for persons who can not tolerate side |
| suddenly. That is why it is really hard to prevent it. | | | | effects such as diarrhea, nausea, vomiting or |
| Doctors can only advice for a low alcohol intake and | | | | abdominal cramps. Colchine is a treatment with |
| a healthy diet. Only after its occurrence specialists are | | | | benefic effects because it reduces the deposit of |
| able to prescribe a treatment. Treatment for gout is | | | | uric acid crystals that cause inflammations. An intake |
| prescribed in order to ease the symptoms that | | | | of colchine within 24 to 48 hours of the onset of the |
| usually consist of extreme pain in the affected joints. | | | | gout symptoms is believed to have the awaited |
| We know two types of gout. Acute gout is treated | | | | effect. |
| using different medicines such as non-steroidal | | | | The third way of treating gout is the use of |
| anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), colchines and | | | | corticosteroids such as prednisone, prednisolone and |
| corticosteroids. The NSAIDs are drugs that help | | | | triamcinolone. This treatment is prescribed for |
| easing the pain and have an anti-inflammatory effect. | | | | patients that can not take NSAIDs or colchine, being |
| As NSAIDs we have to mention indomethacin, | | | | the third alternative in treating gout. This treatment |
| ketoprofen, oxaprozin, diclofenac, ibuprofen, | | | | has benefic effects after steroids are injected into |
| etodolac, naproxen and sulindac. This type of | | | | the joint muscle. Afterwards pain is locally relieved. |
| treatment has proved to be the best in preventing | | | | The second type of gout is chronic gout. In these |
| gout attacks and easing the symptoms. NSAIDs are | | | | cases treatment is prescribed in order to prevent |
| recommended for as long as the patient has | | | | acute gout attack from recurring. In many of the |
| symptoms and are taken by mouth three or four | | | | cases this means decreasing the uric acid levels. The |
| times a day. NSAIDs assure the easing of symptoms | | | | recommended treatments are xanthine oxidase |
| by suppressing the production of fatty acids called | | | | inhibitors and uricosuric agents. Xanthine oxidase |
| prostaglandins that cause the inflammation and pain in | | | | inhibitors such as allopurinol lead to decrease of uric |
| gout sufferers. | | | | acid levels in the organism. Uricosuric agents are |
| Colchine is the alternative for NSAIDs. This medicine | | | | medicines that help kidneys to eliminate the excess |
| has been used to treat gout for years. It has benefic | | | | of the uric acid produced by the body. As uricosuric |
| effects on reducing and even eliminating the pain | | | | agents we can mention probenecid or sulfinpyrazone. |
| caused by gout. Even so this treatment is not | | | | |