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What can someone do to prevent a gout incident in right foot from reoccurring?
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Allopurinol: See your podiatriist have a base line uric acid exam and if positive be placed on a drug called Allopurinol which is a xanthine oxidase inhibitor and prevents purines in the diet from becoming uric acid. And hence gout.
Answered 6/24/2014
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