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