Posted on 05/23/2022 1:57:24 PM PDT by ConservativeMind
Are you saying side effects if ‘allopurinol’ are cataracts ?
Do you have any link to this info ?
I’ve been taking Alup. for maybe 8 years now. Had to have cataract surgery 4 years ago and the other eye last year.
My blood work doesn’t suggest anything wrong with my kidney. What should I look for ?
I love bacon and sausage. That was problematic before the Alup.
The last two times I had gout flare ups I had eaten BBQ brisket and had red wine.
I take allopurinol daily to reduce uric acid. And I take colchicine if I get a flare up anyway. Both of them work well.
If I didn’t take anything I would either be in a wheelchair unable to walk or have to eat nothing but water and salad.
Yep....that’ll do it.
I pretty much cut out bbq beef and pork. Usually stick with chicken and turkey. Also steak except a couple times a year.
I haven’t needed the colcrys since.....but it’s nice to know it’s there if I need it.
I got rid of my gout by squeezing a slice of lemon in my tea (hot or cold) and eating a bowl of cherries everyday. Haven't had a flare up in about two years.
You can do an internet search for foods to reduce uric acid and pick the ones you like.
I also heard several months ago that colchicine might be an effective remedy for the effects of Wuhan flu, so I renewed an old prescription for it just in case.
Maybe this is why I never got sick. I have gout.
A drug is not necessary for most situations - and never my personal first choice for anything.
(Modern allopathic medicine - instituted by John Rockefeller and Abraham Flexner in 1910 - is medicine based upon artificial controlled substances that enrich pharmaceutical companies and medical doctors, who are in turn licensed by NGOs controlled by Big Pharma. It is a fully rigged system.)
Gout is almost always a result of a diet that is too high in purines, and too acidifying (acid-forming). Too many “rich” foods, including wines, can induce it; alcohol can exacerbate the tendency by being dehydrating, thus concentrating the amount of uric acid in the system.
The blood must remain in a very narrow pH range for one to survive, but the other tissues (and, hence, urine) can vary widely in pH. When the tissues become too acidic, the uric acid precipitates out of solution, forming crystals; gravity ensures that they end up at the lowest point in the body: the toes.
Apple Cider Vinegar, though technically mildly acidic in the mouth, is alkalinizing in the tissues once metabolized. That in an adequate amount of water, alone or with some Baking Soda (Sodium Bicarbonate) - or my preferred blend of that with Potassium Bicarbonate - has reliably alleviated gout in a reasonable time frame for thousands of people for generations. As a nutritionist I have recommended this to many over the years with excellent results.
For the record, and for those who only trust Big Pharma and their unnatural (read: patented-for-profit-and-control) concoctions, I experimentally induced gout in myself, then tried the above with excellent results within a few days. I induced the gout by ingesting Brewer’s Yeast daily in incrementally-increasing amounts until the onset of gout. (Yes, it was acutely painful.)
Since many in America are chronically dehydrated, I also suggest the simple regimen used by Fereydoon Batmanghelidj, M.D., in his book, “Your Body’s Many Cries For Water”.
My daily take is 150 mg, half of a 300 mg tab of Alup.
Can eat anything. Been good for 10 years. Back in the 90s and 2000s I would get flare ups like crazy. Indomethecian is only after-the-fact.
It was promoted to me as a maintenance drug. I have a huge unused supply of it, lol. I don’t believe in maintenance drugs. I ran into one guy who had gout in his sternum of all places. The drug didn’t seem to have any bad effects on him though.
Just a couple of references, there are others with a simple search. This drug has a wide variety of side effects. https://www.askapatient.com/viewrating.asp?drug=18659&name=ALLOPURINOL
https://www.webmd.com/drugs/2/drug-8610/allopurinol-oral/details/list-sideeffects
I was told by some old man years ago to stay away from ‘innards’ of animals including canned sardines and oysters.
Liver too!? 🥺
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Liver especially. Yes, I love Liver and onions too.
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