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To: Global2010

Just go to an urgent care clinic or EM and get an Rx for colchicine. Nothing else actually dissolves the crystals.

I take allopurinol to regulate the uric acid level and prevent attacks in the first place.


8 posted on 08/25/2009 9:14:20 PM PDT by steve86 (Acerbic by nature, not nurture)
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I previously would use Capzasin on the joint affected (usually the big toe) before I got the prescriptions. NSAIDs didn’t do a thing that I could detect. Some people have good results with celery seed extract. But again, colchicine is what removes the crystals that are causing the problem.


10 posted on 08/25/2009 9:17:54 PM PDT by steve86 (Acerbic by nature, not nurture)
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Just go to an urgent care clinic or EM and get an Rx for colchicine. Nothing else actually dissolves the crystals. I take allopurinol to regulate the uric acid level and prevent attacks in the first place.

I take colchicine and allupurinol for my gout and work wonders for me as well.
37 posted on 08/25/2009 10:21:33 PM PDT by Justaham
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