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How do i prevent a painful gout while taking a gout-inducing drug?
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Increase fluids: Most common gout inducing drug is probably hydrochlothiazide (hctz) used to treat blood pressure.As weird as it sounds: increase water intake to prevent gout attack.Hctz (hydrochlorothiazide) lowers bp(in the long term) by reducing sodium in the blood vessel wall-we think!-not by fluid reduction in the vasculature.
Answered 10/2/2013
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Talk to your Dr.: They may want to put you on uloric or allopurinol.
Answered 10/23/2020
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