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Should you start taking allopurinol during gout attack?
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NO !!: Wait until attack has subsided and slowly add Allopurinol to treatment.This drug mobilizes uric acid (so the kidneys can excrete it) and can bring on or worsen an attack.
Answered 6/24/2014
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No. Allopurinol is: Des--naprosyn, colchicine, Indomethacin as examples.
Answered 6/25/2014
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No: Allopurinol shouldn't be started(or changed at all) during a gout flare. It should be started after a flare resolves.
Answered 5/19/2015
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I take colchicine with allopurinol for 3 months. if no gout attack i'll reduce the colchicine but continously take allopurinol. do this regime is ok?
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