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I'm back. Been busy with getting ready for the holidays and cleaning up after our 18″ snowstorm last weekend. Finally got rid of my sinus infection. Now I have to get a CT scan. I did stop the allopurinol for a few weeks while on the antibiotic. I was a liitle hesitant after reading all the warnings about taking both at the same time.
No gout problems at all since my episode in August. Maybe just a result of the broken leg. I'll keep ya all posted.
Have a great holiday season everyone.
headusher
Hit the wrong button & lost the post I was typing….
This is the 3rd antibiotic in less that two months for my sinus infections. Bactrim was the first one- bad side effects. Then it was Cipro which worked ok. Now two weeks later it's Augmentin. This bout of sinusitis is worse than the other two. About 2 months before that it was a Z-Pack. Now I'm scheduled for a CT scan to find out what's going on up there. Wish me luck.
headusher
Thanks for you reply. Getting rid of the sinus infection is the number one priority right now. It's been going on for too long.
Medicine interaction is a real bummer.
Unfortunately I think it's the same dosage. I'll know in a few days. The good news is that I haven't had a bout of gout in almost 2 months.
Also been watching what I've been eating.
zip2play
I've been taking 100 mg of allopurinol for a month. Waiting for a new prescription to come in so I'll be out of the med for about a week.
Sorry I took so long to get back. I wanted to get my new UA test results which the doctor wanted to wait a month for. When I had my gout in August my UA was 8.6 if I remember correctly. I've been on Allopurinol since then and now I'm down to 7.6. Haven't had a bout of gout since August.
headusher
Just got off the phone with my kidney doctor's office. He is calling in a prescription for Allopurinol this afternoon. He will check my uric acid level when I go back in October. Since I just had my uric acid level checked 2 weeks ago he said a re-check could wait. It was 8.9 two weeks ago.
Any suggections on taking Allopurinol? This will be my first time for this medicine.
Just taking Altace, HCTZ and Labetalol. All in the most lowest dose possible. Been on HCTZ and Labetalol for 20+ years. Just started Altace about a year ago. Altace is what brought my BP down to where my kidney doctor wanted it.
I like your suggestion about seeing a rheumatologist.
Same issue that were discovered over a year ago, high Creatinine –1.66. Should be a max of 1.46. My doctor doesn't think the creatinine level is too serious because the BUN/Creatinine Ratio is well within the good range of 15.7. He says my kidney damage is due to uncontrolled BP for 30 years & kidney stone damage. Once he was able to get my BP under control he was happy. He thinks my kidney numbers should remain pretty constant as long as my diastolic # is 80 or under which it has been for almost a year now. That's why I need to go every 2 months for bloodwork.
And there was something new. It was Urea Nitrogen @ 26. This was 1 point out of the range on the high end. Not sure if this means anything. All the other numbers were well within the nomal range.
Got my bloodwork results but do not see anything that says Uric Acid. It looks like it only has to do with kidney function. Are there any other indicators besides uric acid that has anything to do with gout? I'll need to ask my doctor what happened to the uric acid testing.
Saw my kidney specialist yesterday. He wasn't very happy with me since my follow-up was supposed to be last October!!! He doesn't want me to take anything for gout except Tylenol until he sees my bloodwork results, uric acid level and urine analysis. He said as long as my gout symptoms have gone away I should stop the colchicine and only use it as needed. He also told me that Allopurinol shouldn't be used until all the gout symptoms are gone for 2-3 weeks otherwise Allopurinol can start a new attack. Right now I'm pain free except for the strain put on my left foot because of the walking cast on the right leg. Should have my bloodwork done tomorrow and then we'll see what he says. In the meantime I'm on the cherry and apple cider vinegar regimen and my gout appears to be gone for now.
My friend who had a real bad gout attack last year was telling me for the last week that he swore that the cherry diet worked since he hadn't had another gout attack since he started eating cherries. Last night I ran into him & he got a gout attack in the morning. As he hobbled away I could see that he wasn't a very happy fellow.
I may have mislead a little ablout my kidney stone. I had a kidney stone that had to be blasted away using ultrasonic shock waves a while back. My kidney doctor says the affected kidney is not functioning 100% which is a result of several kidney stone episodes and untreated high BP for many years. So he is very cautious at this point in time regarding anything that will affect kidney function. I have an appointment with him this week to review what happened. After new blood tests and unine tests I'll see what he suggests.
My gout foot is doing very well. I was finally able to get a dress shoe on it this weekend and venture out. The only sore spots are the bottom/side of the big toe and the pad under the front of the foot. These are the areas that take my weight when I hobble around. Every now & then the area that was very sore gets itchy so I think the healing process has begone. Even with the low doses of colchine it seemed to have worked fairly fast. I've backed off many of the suspect foods for now and stated some of the home remedy treatments (applle cider vinegar, cherries, elation) etc. It never hurts try and it definitely hurts not to!!!
I'll keep you updated.
headusher
