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I think I'm going to ask my doc for some medication to lower my UA and see if it works, both as measured by the UA meter, and subjectively on the low level pain.? Last time I was there, in January when this first happened, he gave me indomethacin instead of colchicine, just in case I got a full attack, as he said he didn't like colchicine.? I haven't tried taking it to see if it gets rid of the low level pain.? If it does, will that prove anything, or is it just colchicine which is that selective on only gout pain?
Thanks for the response.? I'll have to look up some of the drugs and see which ones I want to talk to my doc about.???? I think it would be better if I did what I could to keep my reading below 5 if possible.? I'm stll thinking my problem is too slow excretion as opposed to too much
production, as I would think I would never have these very low readings
even eating only rabbit food if my body was producing too much.?When you say that attacks can occur under 6, do you mean when the crystals re-dissolve?? I thought about that, but then I'd think I would have more pain the lower my UA reading went, under the theory that the lower it is, the more likely and more quickly the existing crystals would be to start disolving.?? However, in my case I have very low grade pain on the top of my toe at readings as low 5 to 5 1/2, but none at readings lower than that.?? That's part of what I'm trying to get my arms around. ???
Went to the rheumatologist late last week and he thought it could be gout, based on symptoms, but by that point my toe had quit hurting, and there wasn't anything to see (although there never was anything to see as it didn't swell or turn red).? He did a uric acid test on me and it came back at 5.2, which apparently is OK.? He said that's not conclusive though, even though test was done after attack was over.? Told me to quit eating bad food, lose some weight, and come back in three months.?? Instead of colchicine he gave me indomethacin in case it happened again.? He said he didn't like to prescribe colchicine because of the side effects and potential drug interactions.?
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Not sure where to go from here.? I think I'm going to order one of those uric acid test kits online and see if certain foods make my uric acid go up.? Any thoughts on how long after eating a suspect food I should test?? I was thinking off hand about 12 hours, which is long enough for it all to be absorbed.?
Your rounds one and two sound exactly like what I'm experiencing.? Since you've been having about one attack a year, has changing your diet or taking medication helped?? Do your attacks coincide with still having dark beer and shrimp, or do other things now trigger it?? I don't see the doc until late next week, but I already stopped the aspirin and the calcium.? Toe still somewhat sore though, although no evidence of any swelling or discoloration of the skin.?
