msnglnk asked:


i get gouty attacks an have become use to them an know how to treat ‘em. back home (usa) everytime i got an attack my dr would give me “allopurinol” and some other med and sen me on my way. when i got my first attack in hina my gf went to the pharmacy and told them i had “the gout”. she came back with an “otc” called “colchicine tablets”. perhaps these are the same medss that my dr back home prescribed but each tab is 10mg. the tabs of the “other stuff” my dr presribed were 50mg. but being these ones (here) are an otc they probably had to make ‘em 10mg each.

this last attack was pretty bad. i was popping the colchicine tabs like pez but it seemed to have no affect. and i was drinkin water like a horse and that seemed to worsen the attack. i went to the er and the dr gave me an IV of glucose and an otc called “saridon”. which of course were both new treatments to me. he said in severe cases this treatment is needed.
i know gout is caused by elevated levels of “uric acid”; according to my blood test my uric acid level was “off the chart”.

i just don’t understand why the mass consumption of water worsened the attack. or maybe it just seemed that way. and why id a glucose IV work much better? its been a long time since my college chemistry class. but i know water is used to dilute acids. but maybe “suger water” works much better?