Everything You Know About The Best Gout Meds

Men, you know about gout already! It's a type of arthritis! It means you've got uric acid building around your joints. Gout makes joint pain spike for many of you. Sad. It'll mean swelling too! Many, many men get gout in their big toes. But wait, it'll happen in your fingers, ankles, wrists, elbows, and knees too! Gout attacks kick in at night in many cases. So many cases! The huge, huge pain sticks around for 4 to 12 hours. The discomfort? It'll be there for a few weeks!

Men! You've got gout treatment options! Uric acid lowering medicine is a huge one. You'll deal with many other gout meds too. That means anti-inflammatory medicine for gout. Ointment for gout pain works so well too. Win! And men? Use a gout diet as one of the natural remedies for gout! They'll help you handle your prescription medicine for gout much, much better. Yes, gout control meds will still matter!

Colchicine

Men, you're going to love colchicine when you've got gout! It's an oral med, and it makes the pain disappear very, very well. Many, so many men take this med in low daily doses. This stops gout attacks from happening! Colchicine is huge. It's going to lower how much uric acid crystals build in your body! This is going to work wonders on joint swelling too! Obviously, you've got to talk to your doc first. Certain conditions, like liver and kidney disease, make this med unsafe. Other meds will interact with it too. Huge ones that trigger interactions are cholesterol meds and digoxin! That's why reviewing your meds with a doc is so, so important.

Of course, this med does cause side effects! Men, you're going to deal with diarrhea, nausea, vomiting, and pain in your abdomen. Those are the common ones! Rare ones are out there too. The rare, rare side effects are severe diarrhea, numb fingers and toes, muscle weakness, and shortness of breath! Men, you've got to call your doc right way when any of these appear.