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GoutPal–in response to your question, the dose of allopurinol I was given was VERY low already–100 mg. But I will certainly explore the losartan and lipitor options–I hate taking any medications but the literature on IgA nephropathy is clear that high uric acid levels are indicative of a poor prognosis with kidneys, so I want to do whatever I can for both the kidneys and gout. Thanks to you and zip2play for EXCELLENT suggestions–your support makes me feel MUCH less alone in all this. MG
Zip2play–thanks for your prompt and helpful response. I am mildly hypertensive–I take 5 mg of lisinopril daily. Protein is fairly normal, creatinine 1.51 mg/dL as of last February (slightly up over the years but going slowly so far). Mild chronic hematuria.
Uric acid 9.2 mg at last test but that was at the start of a gout attack; prior tests were 7.2 and 7.5. Highish LDL but not yet on statins.
One further issue–when I was on hormone replacement therapy for wicked (disabling) hot flashes, I had two years with no gout. When I went off the HRT, gout returned, and hot flashes worse than ever, so now I am back on HRT. Tradeoffs here are scary but I am so much healthier on a dialy basis when taking HRT that I am tempted to continue another two years. Too many choices and most of them wrong in one way or another! Thanks for caring–wonderful to have someone to talk to about all of this! MG
