Gout is one of those conditions that is not easily cured through the taking of prescription drugs.
The hyperuricaemia situation that’s known for causing gout to a greater extent simply cannot be cured by prescribed medicines.
Most of the available drugs are for curing the kidney stones.
Four of these drugs are commonly used for controlling the gout symptoms. Here they are:
Colchicine
Using colchicines for attacking gout has long been the practice in the medical field.
Though it is a drug that has a record of being used on a massive scale, it has many severe side-effects too.
The common stomach-related ones consist of nausea, diarrhea, vomiting tendency or cramping.
The drug can also cause serious problems like anemia, narrowing the bone, muscle inflammation and an over dose can result in death to the individual taking it.
Those who have kidney malfunction problem are not prescribed for colchicines. Because of this, it is ill-advised to be taking this drug no matter what.
Allopurinol
This drug helps to reduce the fusion of uric acid in the blood – however, it too can cause some serious side-effects.
It is knows to cause the skin to breakout along with the blood vessels. I personally don’t know what that means, but that’s simply what I read during my research for this post.
It can also intoxicate the kidney.
This drug can be very useful to control future gout attacks as it lessens the uric acid synthesis – but it is to be noted that it does not cure gout attacks or pains that are already in action.
Allopurinol can be a relieving drug for eligible people and should be prescribed after a thorough blood analysis and renal function tests.
Indomethacin
To alleviate an ongoing gout attack situation, Indomethacin can be a great help. It actually helps to reduce the inflammation in a short period of time.
Despite the good uses, it can be very poisonous for the body if the doses are not controlled and monitored.
So, it is better to be taken under full medical observation from experts to avert any future discomforts.
Prednisone
The drug that is being picked up more frequently to lessen the symptoms of gout is Prednisone.
This drug works by controlling the symptoms – but it too, like most drugs, has side effects that one taking it should be worried about.
Damages like cataracts, osteoporosis and others have been known to occur.
As the drug is an immunosuppressive one, it may cause some side effects that weakens the overall immunity system of the body such as retention of sodium, acne, night sweats, muscle and bone problems, and increased blood sugar.
This is again a drug that needs to be prescribed after a full profile analysis of the patient.
These are the most common, and in some cases, the only drugs that can be used to treat a gout situation.
If you were to ask me which drug I’d recommend, that answer would be NONE!
Drugs are simply a way of delaying the root problem – they cover the issue and don’t solve it for good.
I went the natural route and it’s what I recommend all of my readers to do.
Mike
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