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  • in reply to: Tophaceous deposits in the elbow #11950
    rscholl
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    I need to go back and look at my records. If I remember correctly I my enzymes values dropped within 2 weeks.

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    My uric acis levels fluctuate. They are always 6+ and have been as high as 9.2 and I know that is my problem. To your point even when I am cutting back on all things purine the best I can do is get down to 6.1. So I am going to try Urloric to see if my liver enzyme level is acceptable. Thank you for your input. I will stay posted on my results.

    in reply to: Tophaceous deposits in the elbow #11943
    rscholl
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    Is surgery even a consideration? my doc doesn”t like it because of infection. However until i get the uric acid under control its probably a waste of time. this is the worst and highly embarrasing. my doc put on a 5 day blast of predisone and antibiotic because it looked to be getting infected. it has now softened up but not going away. Thoughts?

    in reply to: Tophaceous deposits in the elbow #11942
    rscholl
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    Keith (Gout Admin) said:

    Ah, the dreaded elbow tophi. How is one expected to act like a gentleman with lums on the elbow?

    I am treating mine to a 900mg per day blast of allopurinol. Too early to report progress yet, but I'll let you know.


    in reply to: Tophaceous deposits in the elbow #11941
    rscholl
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    zip2play said:

    How have you been treating your disease over the years?


    I took allipurinol for years until?my doc and i discovered it drove my liver ezymes up. so i quit taking it 15 years ago and moslty had it under control with the occasional?annual attack. now that i am older it seems to be happening more often. checking into urolic but i suspect it will have the same result to my liver. I guess i am looking at a complete life style change?? no nothing of all things good??

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